{"id":103282,"date":"2020-10-26T06:14:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T06:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=103282"},"modified":"2020-10-26T06:14:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T06:14:28","slug":"heeng-cultivation-introduced-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/heeng-cultivation-introduced-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Heeng cultivation introduced in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Consider the following statements:<br>(1) The first sapling of heeng has been planted in Himachal Pradesh\u2019s Kwaring village in Lahaul valley.<br>(2) Asafoetida is extracted from roots.<br>Of the above correct statement\/s is\/are:<\/strong><br>(a) Only 1<br>(b) Only 2<br>(c) Both 1&amp;2<br>(d) None of the above<br><strong>Answer: (c)<br>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>CSIR constituent laboratory, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur, recently made history by introducing asafoetida (Heeng) cultivation in Indian Himalayan region.<\/li><li>The first sapling of heeng has been planted in Himachal Pradesh\u2019s Kwaring village in Lahaul valley.<\/li><li>Asafoetida, or heeng, is a high value spice crop in India commonly used in Indian Kitchens. It is not cultivated in India.<\/li><li>India imports about 1,200 tonnes of raw heeng worth Rs 600 crore from Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.<\/li><li><strong>About Heeng:<\/strong><\/li><li>Ferula asafoetida is a herbaceous plant of the umbelliferae family.<\/li><li>It is a perennial plant whose oleo gum resin is extracted from its thick roots and rhizome. The plant stores most of its nutrients inside its deep fleshy roots.<\/li><li>The plant takes about five years to produce the extractable olego gum resin.<\/li><li>Asafoetida is endemic to Iran and Afghanistan, the main global suppliers.<\/li><li><strong>Conditions essential for Heeng cultivation:<\/strong><\/li><li>Heeng thrives best in dry and cold desert conditions.<\/li><li>The plant can withstand a maximum temperature between 35 and 40 degree, whereas during winters, it can survive in temperatures up to minus 4 degree.<\/li><li>Regions with sandy soil, very little moisture and annual rainfall of not more than 200mm are considered conducive for heeng cultivation in India.<\/li><li>During extreme weather, the plant can get dormant.<\/li><li>Future of Heeng cultivation in India:<\/li><li>By the end of this year, the target is to cover one hectare with heeng cultivation.<\/li><li>In the next five years the cultivation is to be extended to 300 hectares.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By-Amar Mani Upadhyay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/why-scientists-are-trying-to-cultivate-heeng-in-the-indian-himalayas-6792923\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/why-scientists-are-trying-to-cultivate-heeng-in-the-indian-himalayas-6792923\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Consider the following statements:(1) The first sapling of heeng has been planted in Himachal Pradesh\u2019s Kwaring village in Lahaul valley.(2) Asafoetida is extracted from roots.Of the above correct statement\/s is\/are:(a) Only 1(b) Only 2(c) Both 1&amp;2(d) None of the aboveAnswer: (c)Related facts: CSIR constituent laboratory, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur, recently made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":103283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-103282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103284,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103282\/revisions\/103284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}