Farmer’s claim of cultivating ‘hop-shoots’ that sell for Rs 1 lakh per kg proves false

Only a few days ago, a young farmer from Bihar's Aurangabad district made headlines when he claimed to have cultivated a unique vegetable named 'hop shoots' that costs about Rs 1 lakh.

Touted as the costliest vegetable ever, the farmer identified as Amresh Singh claimed to have cultivated 'hop shoots' on a trial basis and more than 60% of its cultivation has already happened successfully.

For this, the farmer claimed to have invested Rs 2.5 lakh to grow hop shoots, a crop that is rarely seen in the Indian market.