In Jammu and Kashmir, At least 100 farmers from half a dozen villages of  Bhaderwah decided  to grow aromatic plants – Tagetes Minuta instead of maize and potatoes in their fields this spring.<br />''<br />''The devastated farmers who were fighting an unsuccessful war to save their crop from the monkeys for last one decade have found a new breather after experts from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) motivated and convinced them to switch to the cultivation of Aromatic plant Tagetes Minuta from conventional maize under Union Government's Aroma Mission 2.<br />''<br />''Atleast 100 farmers who opted for the Tagetes Minuta also known as wild Marigold or Southern Cone Marigold are a happier lot as instead of incurring huge losses due to monkey menace, their earning from their agricultural land has increased manifolds after successful cultivation and harvesting of the aromatic plant which up till now used to grow only wildly in Bhaderwah valley.<br />''<br />''Tagetes Minuta oil is used for chest infections, coughs and catarrh, dilating the bronchi, facilitating the flow of mucus and dislodging congestion and can be used in cases of skin infections. It also has a healing effect on wounds, cuts, calluses and bunions.<br />''<br />