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Red Potato Loses Sheen in Shopian
Kashmir Observer
|Kashmir Observer Nov 7 Issue
The famous Hirpora Red Potato—locally known as ‘Katt-e-Maaz Aalu’ because of its unique mutton-like —_flavour—is now being cultivated by only a handful of households in Hirpora Shopian, even as farmers this year earned good returns from other potato varieties.
Locals from Hirpora and its adjoining areas said that despite being a crop with a legacy value and high market demand, the red Hirpora potato is today limited to barely 2-4 households out of nearly 800 families in the village.
“This potato once represented Hirpora’s identity. Traders from different parts of the Valley used to travel to Hirpora only for this red potato. But today it is nearly extinct,” said Mohammad Yousuf, a grower from Hirpora.
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