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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 |