Why Kashmiri Growers Want Govt to Ban Imported Apple
As apple harvesting season is drawing close in Kashmir, the growers want government to step up and secure markets for their cash crop.
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Gucchi: The World’s Costliest Mushroom Found in Kashmir Himalaya
There is an “intense competition” for mushroom gathering, especially for the morels because of their high commercial value. A substitute of meat with high nutritious and medicinal value, the morel mushroom, locally known as ‘Kanegeich’ in Kashmir is the world’s costliest mushroom. Kashmir lies in the north-west Himalaya range that has a rich repository of unexplored macrofungal wealth. […]
Fruit Growers Demand Import Ban On Iranian Apples
A delegation of Jammu & Kashmir Fruit Growers Association today called on Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat to apprise him of the issues faced by them including the import of Iranian apples via Afghanistan.
Modalities Finalized for Launch of Apple MIS in J&K
The orchardists in the catchment area of the procurement centers will register online for procurement of apples through Central Procurement Agency, NAFED on the official Horticulture website.
Meeting Reviews Apple Market Intervention Scheme
Choudhary impressed upon all the officers involved in implementation of the scheme to ensure that the basic purpose of buying apple from the growers at their doorsteps with immediate payment directly to the bank accounts of the apple growers shall be fulfilled smoothly.
GOI Approves MIS for Procurement of Kashmir Apple
Under the scheme, Apple will be procured by NAFED directly from the growers/aggregators at optimum prices at 5 designated Collection Centres (Fruit & Vegetable Mandies).
Despite ‘Cherry on Top’, Kashmiri Growers Frown Over ‘Fruitless’ Season
Even as growers are getting vocal for local and administration mulling to start the historic 86-km-long Mughal Road exclusively for cherry shipments, the concerns caused by COVID curbs are making the growers cheerless currently
Indiscriminate Use of Pesticides Is Threatening Our Ecology
Many pesticides are toxic to pollinators like bees, wasps and other friendly insects besides humans. Honey bee colonies and other insect populations are damaged or destroyed by insecticides and losses have a devastating impact on the pollination process and in-turn the fruit production
Paddy Nursery Management Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Agriculture is the main economic activity of the Kashmir valley and contributes 21% to GDP of J&K and 70-80% of the population directly or indirectly depends on it, therefore activity should go on by following standard operating procedures
Love to Read? Here are Some Career Choices
Reading is gaining momentum and people are making best use of their quarantine time. There is one good news for readers. If you love reading books and find solace in words, there are a lot of creative opportunities that you may cherry pick. Some of these are
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