Tosh-Kutla
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| Tosh-Kutla | |
|---|---|
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Western Himalayas |
| Growing Area | Parvati Valley |
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Himachal Pradesh |
| District | Kullu District |
| Tehsil | Bhuntar Tehsil |
| Coordinates | 32.0321, 77.4771 |
| Settlement | |
| Type | Locality |
| Landscape | |
| Elevation | 2,764–3,237 m |
| Terrain | Mountain slopes and high fields above Tosh |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | Tosh Kutla, Tosh Glacier |
| Accessions | 9 |
Tosh-Kutla, also written Tosh Kutla, is a locality of cannabis fields on the slopes above the village of Tosh in the upper Parvati Valley, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Nine accessions carry it as their locality. Eight were collected for the Zomia Genetic Library from the 2022 harvest, two from the Kutla fields themselves and six from the higher fields of Goi, Chhorang and Sharam Thatch; the ninth is a seed line sold by Landrace Mafia.[1] The fields give their name to the Tosh Kutla appellation; the two Sharam Thatch selections belong to the Tosh Glacier appellation. A 2019 report in The Tribune listed Tosh Kutla among the cannabis cultivation areas of Kullu district, with Malana and Manikaran.[2]
Geography
The Kutla collection site lies at 2,764 m, north-east of Tosh village. Above it the Chhorang fields lie at 2,954 m, the Goi fields at 3,100 m and Sharam Thatch at 3,237 m, the highest point of the eight accessions. The collection documentation calls Goi, Chhorang and Sharam Thatch "some of the highest cannabis fields in the region".[1] A post by the collector from February 2023 shows "black foxtails" in the Goi fields, "high above the village at 3500m altitude".[3]
The 2011 census does not enumerate Tosh-Kutla as a separate village.[4]
Cannabis cultivation
The collection documentation reports that the Kutla fields, "once among the most productive", have been "largely abandoned due to law enforcement raids", and that growers moved to "even more secluded, high-altitude locations" on the slopes above.[1] The Zomia Collective's index of growing regions divides them in two. It tags the lower Kutla fields "Eradicated in 2005" and the upper Kutla fields "Eradications Ongoing", tags it defines as "Confirmed destroyed by enforcement" and "Active eradication observed or reported". The Goi, Chhorang and Sharam Thatch fields are untagged, which under the index's legend means they were directly documented or accessed.[5]
The eight Zomia accessions were collected under the expedition code HIMA01. The collection documentation describes the two Kutla lots as a general population gathered by villagers making charas and a selection made among the plants of the Kutla fields. It describes one Goi lot as taken from black-pigmented plants and Chhorang as an area of "large, vigorous plants producing exceptionally fragrant resin".[1] Two selections come from each of the two, one of each pair named for its black plants. The two from Sharam Thatch are a selection and a selection of feral plants.[1]
The Landrace Mafia line is sold as Tosh Village Domesticated; the seller places it at Kutla, at 2,700 m.[6]
Accessions
| Name | ID | Type | Elevation (m) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMF-IND-HIM-0120260004 | Tosh Village Domesticated 2026 | LMF-IND-HIM-0120260004 | ||
| ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220031 | Tosh-Kutla 'Village' General Population 2022 | ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220031 | General population | 2764 |
| ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220032 | Tosh-Kutla 'Village' Selection 2022 | ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220032 | Selection | 2764 |
| ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220033 | Tosh-Kutla 'Goi' Selection 2022 | ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220033 | Selection | 3100 |
| ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220034 | Tosh-Kutla 'Goi Black' Selection 2022 | ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220034 | Selection | 3100 |
| ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220035 | Tosh-Kutla 'Chhorang' Selection 2022 | ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220035 | Selection | 2954 |
| ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220036 | Tosh-Kutla 'Chhorang Black' Selection 2022 | ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220036 | Selection | 2954 |
| ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220037 | Tosh-Kutla 'Sharam Thatch' Selection 2022 | ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220037 | Selection | 3237 |
| ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220038 | Tosh-Kutla 'Sharam Thatch' Feral Selection 2022 | ZOM-IND-HIM-0920220038 | Selection | 3237 |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Tosh". Zomia Collective. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Lohumi, Bhanu P (24 September 2019). "Drones to spot cannabis crop in Himachal". The Tribune. Tribune News Service.
- ↑ Éloïse (10 February 2023). "Tosh-Kutla Domesticate Landrace". Zomia Collective. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
- ↑ Directorate of Census Operations, Himachal Pradesh (2014). District Census Handbook, Kullu: Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract (Report). Census of India 2011, Himachal Pradesh, Series 03, Part XII-B. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- ↑ "Growing Regions". Zomia Collective. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Tosh Village Domesticated". Landrace Mafia. Retrieved 21 October 2026.