The Mission Organic Development Initiative (MODI) of Ladakh is focused on making Ladakh an organic State and is focused on the sustainable development of the Farmers.<br />'' <br />''In Kargil, Mehdi Salahudin, a progressive farmer from Minjee has an orchid in which he has for the first time grown famous Kashmiri grapes Saibi with another 5 varieties of grapes including one from Iran.<br />'' <br />''Mehdi while talking to AIR said that Saibi has given its first fruit and has a great bearing and is good in taste but the Iranian seedless varieties grow very good in Kargil.<br />'' <br />''Mehdi said that he has grown varieties of high density apple and  grapes but there should be thrust on making the locally available fruit plants profitable.<br />'' <br />''More than 60 % of the apricot, the main cash crop of Kargil, gets wasted due to non availability of proper processing and value addition, he added.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Mehdi requested the Government to sanction a National Research Centre for Apricot in Kargil which will help in farmers as more than 150 varieties of Apricot with the sweetest apricot found in Gargardo, Kargil.</span><br />