Srinagar, Dec. 6 -- Jammu and Kashmir government has started an outreach program urging farmers to replace traditional maize crop with sweet corn, which is more profiting and would address fodder deficit in Valley.
Farmers with the assistance and advice of J&K's agricultural department are growing sweet corn on 500 hectares while as the maize is grown on around 80,000 hectares across Kashmir.
Kashmir's Agriculture department has also approached University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology in Srinagar, asking them to submit a report on types of sweet corn varieties that could be grown in Kashmir. For now, the department imports sweet corn seed variety from Holland. The Agriculture University has developed an indigenous sweet corn vari...