Doon Basmati, a rice variety known for its rich aroma and distinctive flavour, is fading fast as the area where it is grown is getting lost to fast paced urbanisation. A beginning has now been made to “conserve and propagate” this exclusive variety of cereal which is endemic to the scenic Doon valley. Doon Basmati is a species of rice that is not found elsewhere in the world but it is fading fast,” said Rakesh Kumar Shah, the chairman of Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board. We are now preparing a plan to conserve and propagate this rare variety of organically produced rice besides replicating it elsewhere in the state