Ichgam, INDIA: Kashmari Muslim women walk with baskets filled with harvested mustard flowers at Ichgam, some 30kms south of Srinagar, 08 April 2007. With the onset of spring, not only the almond blossoms, but the vast fields of yellow flowers of rapeseed-mustard attract visitors to Kashmir. Nearly 40 per cent of the paddy fields in the six districts of Kashmir valley are usually covered with mustard during winter months, and in April the field blossomAccording to the details available from the Directorate of Agriculture, Jammu and Kashmir Government, the Kashmir valley comprising six districts has an estimated area of 65 thousand hectares of land under mustard cultivation. AFP PHOTO/Rouf BHAT (Photo credit should read ROUF BHAT/AFP via Getty Images)
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