Disease-resistant Jumli Marshi rice being readied for cultivation

The rice variety is grown at the highest elevation in the world of 3,050 metres above sea level in far-western Nepal.

The Agricultural Research Station in Bijayanagar is preparing to release three new disease-resistant varieties of Jumli Marshi, an indigenous rice grown at the highest elevation in the world of 3,050 metres above sea level in far western Nepal.