Horticulture
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2.4KTrucks being stopped on highway leading to huge losses, say Sopore Fruit Mandi traders, stage protests
Sopore: Dozens of traders from Fruit Mandi Sopore staged a protest at Asia’s second largest Fruit Mandi in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on...
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1.9KCabinet approves extension of MIS for procurement of apples in JK for 2020-21
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, approved the extension of Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for...
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11.2KIn Kashmir, ‘black plague’ is eating away apples
As the harvest season is ready to set in, Rs 8,000 crore business supporting lakhs of people through the length and breadth...
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3.4KLosing the gloss: Cherry crops destroyed, left unattended by farmers
The pandemic, subsequent restrictions imposed on transport, and lack of access to markets, has spelled doom for orchardists in Kashmir. Unlike the...
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2.2KApple trees chopped down mysteriously in South Kashmir again, orchardists worried
Anantnag: Unidentified persons on Wednesday chopped the branches of over three dozen apple trees in Mattan area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district,...
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1.6KGovt focusing to make horticulture a lucrative venture: Advisor Khan
Srinagar: Advisor to Governor Farooq Ahmad Khan today chaired a meeting here to take stock of controlled atmosphere storage facilities being provided...
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Fruit growers in Kashmir say hail storm caused massive damage to apple crop, ask admin to assess losses
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union on Monday expressed deep concern over the recent rainfall coupled with hail storm that...
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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...
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2.4KJK government to declare last week’s snowfall as ‘calamity’, provide ‘enhanced compensation’ to affected growers: Report
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir is likely to declare last week’s snowfall, which led to large-scale orchards and crops damage across Kashmir, as...
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Snowfall Aftermath: JK Govt seeks GoI assistance to compensate losses in agriculture, horticulture sectors
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has urged the Government of India to depute a team to Jammu and Kashmir...
