The Indian Himalayas are divided into North-Western and North-Eastern Himalayan regions and encompasses 11 states of India out of which 8 states exist in North- Eastern Himalayan region and 3 states in the North- Western Himalayan region.Uttarakhand is one of the three states embraced by North-Western Himalayan region. Traditional crops enjoy a special status in hills of Uttarakhand from time immemorial and are important constituent of hill agriculture, which offer enormous opportunities to practice these crops as it as several inherent and unique advantages in terms of agro-climatic...