Atolang population

Atolang population
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Hierarchy
Appellation	Atolang (appellation)
Growing area	Malana Valley
Growing region	Western Himalayas
Country	India
Population
In the field	Present (2025-10)
Map point	32.102, 77.275 (the appellation's point)
Conservation
Field grade	Data deficient
Items scored	0 of 23 (16 needed)
Item set	Cultivated
Holdings	Urgent · every verified copy is Urgent 8 verified copies from 8 collections; places: not known Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220018 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220019 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220020 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220021 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220022 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250004 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250005 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250006
Method	v0.1 (as of 2026-10-17)
Items Item Score Seen or told Source A1.1 Outer area the population is grown within not known A1.2 Area actually planted not known A1.3 Households that sow and save its seed every year not known A2.1 Loss of outer area over ten years not known A2.2 Loss of planted area over ten years not known A2.3 Year-to-year swing in planted area not known A2.4 Loss of seed-saving households over ten years not known A3.1 Share of descriptors showing two or more states not known A3.2 Share of growers who swap seed locally not known B1.1 Share of growers who say seed is plentiful not known B1.2 Share of growers with someone to take it over not known B1.3 Other local landraces given up in ten years not known B1.4 Share of the crop under modern varieties not known C1.1 Outside support for growing or selling it not known C1.2 How far its main product is sold not known C1.3 How many households use it not known C2.1 Average age of growers not known D1.1 Grown on farms with or without support not known D2.1 Share of growers farming in the traditional way not known D2.2 Share of growers using bought farm chemicals not known D3.1 Payments or pressure to switch varieties not known D3.2 Share of growers hit by floods, drought or fire not known E1 Eradication by the authorities over ten years not known

The Atolang population is the cannabis of Atolang village, also called Atuding, and the fields above it in the Atolang appellation, in the Malana Valley growing area of Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India. The Zomia Collective's collection documentation places the village between Nirang and Waichin and its cultivation at 2,800 to 3,200 m. It classes the cannabis as a narrow-leaflet drug-type landrace population grown for charas, drawn from various farmers and from feral plants.

Accessions

Five accessions were collected at Atolang under the expedition code HIMA01: the general population, selections from the village and the upper fields, one from a grower's own fields and a feral selection. Four more were collected under HIM25 on 16 October 2025.

Accession	Village	Type	Collected	Holder
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220018	Atolang	General population		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220019	Atolang	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220020	Atolang	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220021	Atolang	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220022	Atolang	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250004	Atolang	Selection	2025-10-16	Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250005	Atolang	Selection	2025-10-16	Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250006	Atolang	Selection	2025-10-16	Zomia Genetic Library

Pressures

The collection documentation says the landrace is threatened by "excessive culling of males", by chemical inputs that degrade the soil and by modern hybrids spreading into other parts of Himachal Pradesh and the Malana Valley.

See also

• Atolang (appellation)
• Malana Valley
• Western Himalayas
• Nirang population
• Waichin population