Rice fields in Kashmir

Agriculture is the mainstay of more than 80 per cent people in Jammu & Kashmir. In the Jammu and Kashmir state, rice is the main staple food crop of the state and most of the farmers are earning good amount of their produce in Kashmir valley as well as in the Jammu region. Small farmers are generally producing the rice for their consumption purposes only. Rice is the major food of more than 70% of total population. Production of rice at present is 1895 kg per hectare. Rice cultivation thrives in hot and humid climate. It requires temperature of 24°C and a rainfall of 100 centimeters and above. In 1950-51 area under rice cultivation was 300 lakh hectares and its production was 350 lakh tonnes. They have further risen to 450 lakh hectares and production up to 895 lakh tonnes in 1999-2000. Its distribution in India is eastern coastal plains, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana. Two to three crops of rice are raised annually in the deltas of Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri. Nowadays Punjab and Haryana are known for its cultivation. It depends upon irrigation. Besides, rice is grown on terraced fields of the hills from Kashmir to Assam. About 80% people in the State are cultivators in one form or the other. The total area of the State according to the 1992 record of India is 24.15 lakh hecteres. Out of this area 138,6867 Sq. Kms. are rural and only 305.4 Sq. Kms are urban. This signifies that the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir is rural with 6503 villages. Out of the total area of 24.15 lakh hect. Agricultural statistics are available only for about 8.26 lakh hector. The rest of the area is under forests and mountains. Cultivation of rice requires hot and moist climate. It is a Kharief crop and is sown in March-April and harvested in autumn. Sufficient water must cover the fields. It is grown mostly in the valley of Kashmir at 2100 metres above sea level. Total area under rice cultivation in the valley of Kashmir is 374000 acres having a yield of 25.5 quintals per acre. Source :http://thekashmirscenario.com/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of 50, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com