08 Jul Late sown malt barley varieties for north western plains
उत्तर पश्चिमी मैदानो के लिए जौं की उन्नत किस्में The annual requirement of barley for malting purposes is on continuous rise in recent years. With the growing urbanization, open economy and changing lifestyles demand for quality malt and malt products has increased in last two decades in India. Malt is being utilized for brewing, distillation, baby foods, confectionaries, cocoa-malt drinks and medicinal syrups etc. Barley cultivation for malting purposes is mostly confined to the north western plains in Rajasthan, western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab states in India. Under some areas of these states where rabi sowings are delayed due to late harvest of previous kharif crops like cotton, sugarcane, sorghum...