Assafoetida (Heeng) Plant
30
Apr
Assafoetida (Heeng) Plant Subject: Environment Section: Ecology Context- As Himalayan farmers grow the country’s first asafoetida plants, changing weather threatens to play spoilsport. Concept- Farmers growing Ferula assafoetida, a perennial herb valued for its resin asafoetida (heeng), as part of an initiative by the Institute Of Himalayan Bioresource Technology. Although asafoetida has a […]