Rice is a staple food of a large majority of the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Being a predominantly hill state, the area is mostly sloppy & undulating, rain fed coupled with erratic weather. However out of 15027 thousand quintals of total foodgrain production in the state, 30.49 per cent comes from rice (2004-05).
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/technical-efficiency-paddy-crop-jammu-district-j-k-state
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jyoti-kachroo
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/arti-sharma
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tarunvir-singh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/agricultural-situation-india
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jammu-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jammu-kashmir
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice