Officials said lavender flowers harvested from the farm are processed in the distillation unit to extract essential oil with medicinal and aromatic value. Uri, Jul 04: Rows of lavender have burst into full bloom at the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP) Farm in Trikanjan, Boniyar, where the Agriculture Department has begun the facility's first lavender distillation and is preparing to distribute 4,000–5,000 lavender and rosemary saplings among farmers in Uri's border belt to promote cultivation of high-value medicinal and aromatic crops. The initiative aims to encourage farmers to bring barren and hilly land under cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants, which officials say are well suited to the region's terrain and can offer better economic returns than conventional crops.