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Technical efficiency of paddy crop in Jammu District of J & K State

Rice is a staple food of a large majority of the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Being a predominantly hill state, the area is mostly sloppy & undulating, rain fed coupled with erratic weather. However out of 15027 thousand quintals of total foodgrain production in the state, 30.49 per cent comes from rice (2004-05).