Pulse crops are one element of plant-forward diets that have the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the need for natural resources in sustainable food systems. Pulses can simultaneously improve soil quality and crop diversification, which will boost crop production across the board. Pulses should be actively considered in all future solutions for establishing sustainable farming practices around the world due to their particular environmental benefits.

Vegetables are rich source of vitamins, carbohydrates, salts and proteins. Increased health awareness, a high population growth rate, changing dietary patterns of an increasingly affluent middle class, and the availability of packaged vegetables have resulted in a year-round high demand for vegetables in the country. In the absence of storage infrastructure and a vegetable processing industry in the country, off-season vegetable farming is the only viable option for adding value to farmers' produce. Vegetables can be grown in the offseason using tunnel farming technology, which has been shown to help farmers extend the growing season, increase yield, and improve crop quality. Tunnels protect plants by shielding them from harsh weather, buffering low temperatures, and reducing certain diseases and pests. This article will discuss all tunnel farming-based advancements for off-season vegetable cultivation to maximise production and profit.

In Jammu and Kashmir economy is predominantly agriculture dependent and nearly 70% of the population is directly or indirectly engaged in agricultural and allied activities. Government is now working on a vision on a daily basis to look beyond subsistence agriculture by leveraging special agro-climatic conditions of the Union Territory for securing high returns to the farmers from transformed and modern sustainable and inclusive agriculture interventions. In 2016, the Centre launched Aroma Mission to boost cultivation of plants like lavender which have aromatic medicinal properties. Under the mission, which was launched to move from imported aromatic oils to home grown varieties, first-time farmers were given free lavender saplings. It will encourage the development of aromatic crops for the production of essential oils, which are in high demand in the aroma sector. It is anticipated that Indian farmers and the aroma business will be able to become worldwide leaders in the production and export of various essential oils in the menthol mint pattern. Today, there is lavender farms in each of the 20 districts of J&K. Aroma Mission aims to bring an additional area of 30,000 hectares under cultivation of these crops by interventions of CSIR to further catalyse the cultivation of aromatic crops.