Malana population

Malana population
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Hierarchy
Appellation	Malana (appellation)
Growing area	Malana Valley
Growing region	Western Himalayas
Country	India
Population
In the field	Present (2022)
Map point	32.064, 77.27 (the appellation's point)
Conservation
Field grade	Data deficient
Items scored	0 of 23 (16 needed)
Item set	Cultivated
Holdings	At risk · best lot At risk 6 verified copies from 6 collections; places: not known Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220023 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220024 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220025 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220026 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220027
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 Malana population is the cannabis of Malana village and its fields in the Malana appellation, in the Malana Valley growing area of Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Malana village, at 2,600 m, is the main permanent settlement of the valley. The Tosco and Malndr fields lie near it. The Zomia Collective's collection documentation classes the valley's cannabis as a narrow-leaflet drug-type landrace population, from which charas is made.

Accessions

Five accessions were collected at Malana under the expedition code HIMA01: the general population, a village selection, selections from the Tosco and Malndr fields and a feral selection. One accession held by The Real Seed Company also comes from Malana.

Accession	Village	Type	Collected	Holder
RSC-IND-HIM-0120210001	Malana	General population	2021-01-01	The Real Seed Company
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220023	Malana	General population		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220024	Malana	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220025	Tosco	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220026	Malana	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020220027	Malana	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library

Pressures

The Zomia Collective's index of growing regions tags the Malana terrace fields "Eradications Ongoing", a tag it defines as "Active eradication observed or reported". The collection documentation calls the Malana landrace endangered. It attributes genetic contamination to the road built to the village and to the introduction of modern hybrids. It also reports tourism and economic pressure pushing farmers towards higher-yielding hybrids.

See also

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