India, May 24 -- Down To Earth last yearreported on Jammu's 'purple revolution'
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM) will organise a festival to promote lavender in Bhaderwah (Doda district) of Jammu and Kashmir May 25-26 .
An industry-academia-farmers meet will mark the first day. Dignitaries are set to visit lavender fields and see a demonstration of distillation of lavender oil. Lavender farmers and start-ups will be felicitated.
Lavender cultivation has supplemented farmers' income in the area.
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