Type-3 / Dehradoon Basmati Rice

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• Dehradun city is famous for Basmati rice which is locally grown. This city is also called the “mecca of basmati rice”.
• Dehradooni Basmati is a speciality of Doon Valley.
• This is declared as a variety of Basmati Rice under the Seeds Act, 1966.
• Although several aromatic varieties rice are grown and consumed by the farmers of Doon valley but no other varieties of basmati has able to attain the status of Dehradooni Basmati.
• It is highly priced and delicious, in spite of its small grain size.
• It takes 125-135 days to mature.
• Its average yield is about 3000-3500 kg/hectare.