Tosh population

Tosh population
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Hierarchy
Appellation	Tosh (appellation)
Growing area	Parvati Valley
Growing region	Western Himalayas
Country	India
Population
In the field	Present (2025-10)
Map point	32.021, 77.444 (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 6 verified copies from 6 collections; places: not known Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220027 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220028 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220029 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220030 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250018 Every lot Urgent: collection ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250019
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 Tosh population is the cannabis of Tosh village and the fields around and above it in the Tosh appellation, in the Parvati Valley growing area of Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India. The Zomia Collective's collection documentation classes its cannabis as a narrow-leaflet drug-type landrace population grown for charas. It says the village's growth as a centre of tourism has pushed cultivation higher into the surrounding mountains.

Accessions

Four accessions were collected at Tosh under the expedition code HIMA01: the general population, selections from the village and the upper fields and a feral selection. Two general-population collections from the village followed under HIM25 on 29 October 2025.

Accession	Village	Type	Collected	Holder
ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220027	Tosh	General population		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220028	Tosh	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220029	Tosh	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220030	Tosh	Selection		Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250018	Tosh	General population	2025-10-29	Zomia Genetic Library
ZOM-IND-HIM-1020250019	Tosh	General population	2025-10-29	Zomia Genetic Library

Eradication

The Zomia Collective's index of growing regions tags Tosh village "Eradications Ongoing", a tag it defines as "Active eradication observed or reported".

See also

• Tosh (appellation)
• Parvati Valley
• Western Himalayas
• Tosh Glacier population
• Tosh Kutla population