Koraput: The Nabarangpur district administration has decided to undertake largescale cultivation of Japanese mint following success of its experimental project and farmers showing interest in the cash crop for its good returns. Seeds of Kosi variety of Japanese mint were distributed to at least four farmers of the district on Sunday to undertake cultivation on 10 middle of January and har rotational cash crop between vested by May, considered as paddy and maize," Officials said technical support for cultivation is being provided by the CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow.
Sarpanch Soma Rajareddy inspects Eratla on 5 February ICIMI Foundation Nizamabad under the auspices of CSIR, CIMAP Hyderabad Center Gummiral Sarpanch Soma Rajareddy inspected the preparation of oil from yellow leaf. He said that CSIR, CIMAP Hyderabad Center has researched the oil coming from the yellow leaf and learned the chemical details of the oil. The process of taking 600 kg of green turmeric leaves harvested in Gummiriyal to the research center to make oil from turmeric leaves.