Strange! This Vegetable Grown In India Sells For Rs 1 Lakh, See Details
New Delhi: A farmer in Bihar seems to have all the luck. He is selling his farm-grown vegetables for a shocking price of rupees one lakh per kilo.
This farmer identified as Amresh Singh is cultivating ‘hop shoots’, the world’s costliest crop.
His story was highlighted when IAS officer Supriya Sahu tweeted about the farmer and shared a news article about him.
The IAS officer wrote in her tweet, “One kilogram of this vegetable costs about 1 lakh … Can be a game-changer for Indian farmers.”
One kilogram of this vegetable costs about Rs 1 lakh ! World’s costliest vegetable,’hop-shoots’ is being cultivated by Amresh Singh an enterprising farmer from Bihar, the first one in India. Can be a game changer for Indian farmers 💪https://t.co/7pKEYLn2Wa @PMOIndia #hopshoots pic.twitter.com/4FCvVCdG1m
— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) March 31, 2021
Hop shoots have various uses, such as:
It is very useful to make beer.
It is a natural remedy for managing Tuberculosis (TB).
It is high in antioxidants.
It helps alleviate anxiety, insomnia and depression.
It is however noteworthy that, they are not easy to cultivate hence the high cost.
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