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Major Food Crops in Ladakh

Major Food Crops in Ladakh

Crop

Details

Barley (Naked barley / Neh)

Staple crop, used for making tsampa (roasted flour)

Wheat

Cultivated in irrigated valleys like Kargil

Buckwheat

Hardy crop suited to high altitudes

Peas & Pulses

Intercropped with barley; important protein source

Mustard

Oilseed crop grown in some regions

Potatoes

Widely grown; cash crop in Nubra & Kargil