Hop shoots: Bihar farmer cultivates world’s most expensive crop
By Sameer| Published: 3rd February 2021 3:05 pm IST
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Aurangabad: A 38-year-old Bihar farmer Amresh Singh is cultivating the world’s most expensive crop, ‘hop shoots’ in Aurangabad District.
According to a report in New Indian Express, the farmer hails from Karamdih village of Navinagar block in Aurangabad district.
He said that the crop has the potential to increase farmers’ income by ten times as it costs 1000 Euros in the international market which approximately equals to Rs. 85000.
Agricultural scientist Dr Lal of the Indian Vegetable Research Institute at Varanasi is supervising the cultivation of the crop in Aurangabad.