Agriculture

Paddy land shrinking fast in Kashmir, reveals data

Srinagar: Land under paddy cultivation in Kashmir is on the decline as around 30,000 hectares of land have been lost since 2013....

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Provide robust extension services to farmers: JK Admin to officials

Srinagar: Emphasising that grievance redressal should be the top priority of the officers, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo...

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Farm fortitude of Kashmir’s women food growers

What sets these women apart is their all-weather resilience to be food producers amid the growing consumerism in Kashmir. Under the searing...

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Hunt on Harwan heights for Kashmir’s ‘royal cuisine’

With the arrival of spring, Kashmir’s jungles are witnessing a feverish rush of Gucchi gatherers. Amid the prized crop chase, researchers have...

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Farm bills passed by BJP Govt will also hurt interests of JK farmers: Tarigami

Kulgam: Extending support to farmers’ protest across India, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Saturday said that Jammu and Kashmir being...

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‘Land available for agricultural purpose shrinking very rapidly in Kashmir’

Production of rice up by 700 per cent due to new varieties introduced by the department Srinagar: In the past three decades,...

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Apple industry witnesses huge dip in production, growers worried

Srinagar: The people associated with globally known apple industry of Kashmir on Friday said that the apple production has witnessed a huge...

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42,480 farmers, daily wagers died by suicide in 2019, reveals NCRB data

Srinagar: In a sharp increase of around 6 per cent from the previous year, close to 42,480 farmers and daily wagers died...

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CPI (M) holds protest rally in Srinagar, says SEO’s relief for affected farmers ‘inadequate’

Srinagar: Terming the announced scale of relief under “state-specific special natural calamity” for damaged orchards due to recent heavy snowfall as ‘quite...