Horticulture

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...

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‘Illegal import’ of Iranian apple harms Kashmir fruit industry, selling price affected negatively

Writing to Sitharaman, Kejriwal bore no fruits, planning to meet PM in coming days: Fruit Growers Srinagar: The Illegal import of Iranian...

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From Iran to Kashmir: A woman’s tryst with wars, and fruits

After losing her ‘fruitful’ home to war, an Iranian woman landed in a conflict zone as a bride of a Kashmiri medico....

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Horticulture department Kashmir undertakes several initiatives to boost sector

Gets ‘Award of Excellence’ in “International Workshop on Value Addition & Agro Processing” Srinagar: Horticulture being the core sector of agriculture is...