Sister, do you know anything about potato production, who brought the potato seeds to Shimshal?
Not exactly, but I think that the daughters of down villages who got married here in Shimshal had brought the seed from downside. In the past people were of the thinking that if you produce potato then your sheep would die. As a result when I got married here till that time very few people were producing potato. Everyone was not growing potato and the production was also limited. But now everyone is growing potato and the production has also increased. But as I said in the past potato was not seen as a good thing. I dont know exactly about the person who brought potato first in Shimshal. I would say that the person was courageous who brought potato here from downside. Because when I got married, since then our route has been constructed three times from different sides. From Passu to Shimshal people have to carry heavy loads on their back while staying three days in different camps, so imagine how they brought things from down-country. During summer people used to go from the Qoroon (n
