Technologies and Products

In continuation to the efforts of introducing new crops into the Ladakh region, after many years of experimental trial with regard to varietal evaluation and standardization of practices, DIHAR has successfully introduced watermelon in to the fields of local farmers. As per a local farmers who has adopted this technology, he has earned aprox 12 lakh from one hectare of Land. The technology developed for watermelon cultivation in Ladakh has been transferred to state department and now its mass scale dissemination is being undertaken by them.