{"id":15536,"date":"2020-10-19T18:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=15536"},"modified":"2020-10-19T18:55:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T13:25:23","slug":"for-the-first-time-heeng-cultivation-starts-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=15536","title":{"rendered":"For the first time, &#8216;heeng&#8217; cultivation starts in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"main_content\" class=\"layout news_detail\">\n<div id=\"fontSize\" class=\"sitecontent\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<h1 class=\"news_heading detail_title\">For the first time, &#8216;heeng&#8217; cultivation starts in India<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-display panel-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel panel-col\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-panels-mini pane-news-details\">\n<div id=\"mini-panel-news_details\" class=\"panel-display panel-2col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel panel-col-first\">\n<div class=\"inside\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-views pane-news\">\n<div class=\"view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-block view-dom-id-a0d4c8cfdc2b20783ba1e1cd730c4a89\">\n<div class=\"view-content\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"social_share detail_share\">\n<p class=\"date\">19-10-2020 | 1:40 pm<\/p>\n<div class=\"social_share_box\"><span class=\"share\">Share Now<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"contrast_light\" src=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sites\/all\/themes\/cmf\/theme\/images\/share.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"sharebtns\">\n<li class=\"s_icons\"><a class=\"facebook\" title=\"The in%2Fsci-tech%2Ffirst-time-heeng-cultivation-starts-india file Open in new window\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fddnews.gov.in%2Fsci-tech%2Ffirst-time-heeng-cultivation-starts-india\" target=\"_BLANK\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"s_icons\"><a class=\"twitter\" title=\"The in%2Fsci-tech%2Ffirst-time-heeng-cultivation-starts-india file Open in new window\" role=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fddnews.gov.in%2Fsci-tech%2Ffirst-time-heeng-cultivation-starts-india\" target=\"_BLANK\">Share on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-php-1\"><span class=\"field-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"For the first time, 'heeng' cultivation starts in India\" src=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/heeng.jpg\" alt=\"For the first time, 'heeng' cultivation starts in India\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"news_content\">\n<p class=\"heading_small\">Heeng (Ferula assa-foetida) cultivation starts in India for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>First-plantation of Heeng was done in Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Director CSIR-IHBT.<\/p>\n<p>Heeng (asafoetida) is one of the widely used spices in Indian cuisine since time immemorial.<\/p>\n<p>There is no production of heeng in India and currently about 1,200 tons of raw heeng worth Rs 600 crore is being imported annually from Afghanistan, Iran and Uzbekistan. Introduction of the crop will reduce the import.<\/p>\n<p>CSIR Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT) has introduced six accessions of heeng from Iran through the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi, and standardized its production protocols under Indian conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Heeng is a perennial plant and it produces oleo-gum resin from the roots after five years of plantation. 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