Farming
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2.5KIn photos: Floods, highway closure hit apple growers with estimated ₹700 crore loss
Srinagar: Apple growers in south Kashmir are staring at huge losses this season after floods and highway closures hit the harvest. Large...
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4.3KFarmers are axing almond trees for apples in Kashmir
Almond growers owning swathes of land in the Karewas of Pulwama have largely shifted to apple farming from 2010 to 2022. ...
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4.3KBefore early winter, Kashmir echoed with festive songs of harvest
Be it the golden paddy fields full of buzz or the surrounding lawns of the small hamlets, the festive hands were reaping...
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2.5K42,480 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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3.9K‘We are struggling to find buyers this year’: Qurbani Market hit by uncertainty
The impact of the Pandemic, the following lockdown and the subsequent economic slowdown on the Qurbani market and the people related to...
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3.4KThe organic vegetable gardens of Dal Lake, Kashmir
The Kashmir region depends on neighbouring areas for its vegetable supply. Srinagar city, which earlier was self sufficient, now imports vegetables from...
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1.9KKCCI delegation meets farmers affected by early winter snow, evaluates damage in South Kashmir
Srinagar: A delegation of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry lead by it’s President Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad on Sunday, visited Kulgam,...
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1.8KKCCI delegation meets Chief Secy, discusses fruit growers’ woes, taxing and city masterplan
Srinagar: A delegation of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) led by it’s President Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad on Saturday met...
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1.8K‘Horticulture key to JK’s economic growth’
Jammu: Terming Horticulture as the backbone of state’s economy, Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Abdul Ghani Kohli today said the...
