Horticulture
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962Introduce food processing courses in colleges for scope of employment in horticulture sector: Div Com
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri Tuesday reviewed performance and functioning of several departments including Horticulture and Rural Development Department with...
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Scheming failure: Apple growers stare at another grim season in Kashmir
Following recent highway hassles and market mess, Kashmiri orchardists are now getting paranoid about the next season. A textbook repetition of the...
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Horticulture department issues advisory for Kashmir orchardists
Srinagar: The Horticulture department of Jammu and Kashmir has issued an advisory for the orchardists in order to prevent any damage to...
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Farmers 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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KCCI pitches for aid to orchardists hit by snowfall
Srinagar: Amid heavy rains and snow in parts of Kashmir valley, orchardists have suffered extensive damage across Kashmir. Kashmir Chamber of Commerce...
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Apple orchards suffer massive loss as early snowfall wreaks havoc in Kashmir
Srinagar: Early arrival of winter snow has caused severe damage to apple orchards in atleast two districts of South Kashmir. In Shopian...
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Walnut harvest, and an occupational hazard
Even though export of walnut generates enormous revenue for Kashmir, working conditions of labourers in the field are pathetic, and filled with...
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‘There is no transportation’: Cherry farmers of Kashmir face pandemic brunt
Despite a good cherry crop in Kashmir, for the second consecutive season, mobility and market restrictions imposed by the pandemic have put...
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Kashmir’s ‘first fruit’ grows rich in pandemic
As a first-comer among the locally grown fruits, Kashmiri strawberry’s bumper crop is spreading smiles despite mobility and market blues. Sexagenarian orchardist...
