Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Virender Kanwar recently launched a pilot project on cinnamon cultivation in the state by planting saplings in the field of a progressive farmer at Kholin village in Una in the presence of Sanjay Kumar, Director, CSIR-IHBT. Other scientists and staff of the CSIR-IHBT and the Department of Agriculture, besides progressive farmers of the region were present at the time of plantation. A CSIR-IHBT team trained farmers on cinnamon cultivation and established a cinnamon demonstration plot.
This project has been conceived by the CSIR-IHBT and is being implemented in association with the ICAR-Indian Institute of Spice Research, Calicut, Kerala, and the Department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh.
Cinnamon, popularly known as dalchini, is an evergreen bushy plant whose bark and leaves have a sweet-spicy aroma. Besides its culinary usage, it has important medicinal applications.