location : Jumla District
Shot/Edited by: Pawan KC
Jumla is one of the 77 districts in the midwestern hills of Nepal. It has great potential of tourism with numbers of beautiful natural landscape. Rice (Oryza sativa L) cultivation in Jumla ranges from 2,400 to 3,050 m altitude, which is the highest elevation in the world. The highest elevation at 3,050 m is Chhumchaur of Jumla, a record altitude, where rice is cultivated in Nepal. Jumli Marshi, a Japonica variety of indigenous rice, having cold tolerant gene, is probably cultivated since 1,300 years ago in Jumla in the bank of the Tila river.