Horticulture
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472Horticulture 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...
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Horticulture department organises awareness programme in Pulwama
Pulwama: The Jammu and Kashmir’s department of Horticulture on Saturday organized a daylong awareness camp at Rahmoo village of Pulwama in south...
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Porcupines damage orchards in Kashmir, farmers worried
After incurring huge losses in the past two years, the horticulture industry is now facing the threat of big rodents that peel...
