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Kashmir: Maize to Lavender

Drawn by better returns, people living on water-scarce hillsides in Jammu and Kashmir are replacing labour-intensive maize with the relatively low-maintenance lavender. The shift has taken root, but with annual production still around 3,000 litres and turnover barely Rs 10 crore, it may be too early to call it the purple revolution as officials claim []

18 Aug 2026 11:18 am