Agriculture occupies an important place in the state of J&K economy. The share of agriculture and allied sector in GSDP at 1999-2000 prices for the year 2007-08 stands at 26.91% on the other hand 70% of the population of the state depend directly or indirectly on it. Agriculture is considered as the back bone of the state economy in reality. However it has been treated as a back bone without a spinal cord, because its position has been deplorable.Even though the departments of agriculture and SKUAST have introduced from time to time high yielding varieties of seeds (HYV) like china 1039, K-39, k-448, SR9, K332 etc. Traditional crops like Drangi Bar, Chari- Bar, Rahimbar, K78 are still being cultivated in various parts of Kashmir valley especially the villages of Tehsil khansahib and Tehsil Khag. Besides these Zag rise Muska-Budji is also been cultivated in some villages of khansahib tehsil. Hence in the present study an attempt has been made to examine the extent to which these...
