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Agriculture

Though stagnant, the agriculture is the mainstay of Jammu and Kashmir economy. This section offers detailed narratives of the crops, the practices in the sector, the policy interventions and its importance for a vast population living in semi-urban and rural belts of the state.

Fruit Mandi Sopore

Happy Harvest

Satellite fruit markets (mandis) established in different districts are helping fruit growers get value for their produce at their doorsteps. Some infrastructural lacunae and...

White Revolution 

There is much more than border and barbed wire to this frontier district of Kupwara. A small village is spearheading a white revolution to...

Kashmir’s Milk Belt

Abundant with nutrient-rich fodder and not far away from Srinagar, the major Kashmir market, a cluster of villages in Pulwama have emerged as key...

Apple Cart to Panchal

The Mughal road may not be officially open yet, but it has already meant a huge deal to people in Kashmir valley, Poonch and...
Syed-Mukhtar (KL Image: Hilal Shah)

A Model Grower

Leaving his 16 years of service to start a second career, the erstwhile cop emerged as the model grower after experimenting with honey, cut-flowers...

The Kashmir Morels

Like carpets that Kashmir weaves but ill-affords for itself, the valley produces more than 25 tons of costly morels that sell at a cost...

A Game Changer

 As India and Pakistan were fighting over Kargil heights, a south Kashmir boy takes off for US to study. Nine years later, Khuram Mir...

‘Meat’ My Rabbits

For twenty years they literally lived under the shadow of guns. Since its demiltrilisation, rabbit farm in Pattan is now back in business. Shakir...

Road Disruptions

For two days, Kashmir was restive over the inordinate delay in the passage of apple-laden truck convoys on the ailing old highway. While the...

The Black Sheep

Kashmir produces seven million kg of wool a year but lacks the capacity to process even one per cent of it. Sold at throwaway...

The Forbidden Fruit

With orchards as deserts as Srinagar streets, Kashmir’s apple cart may upset the economy, reports Umar Mukhtar Every morning, Ali Mohammad, an apple grower in...

38-Year-Old Collapses While Playing Volleyball, Dies Of Cardiac Arrest

SRINAGAR: A 38-year-old man died of a cardiac arrest while playing a volleyball match at Naidkhai village of Sonawari in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district...

Orchard Massacres

The Forest Department issued notices to all the ‘encroachers’ everywhere. But a patch on Budgam-Pulwama border was the only place across Jammu and Kashmir...

Flowering business

Many people are taking up floriculture as business and some are doing well, though a lot needs to be done to improve the trade...

Legacy Lasts

For decades Babademb’s walnut factory has helped many destitute and needy women to survive the onslaught of circumstances and society. Syed Asma takes a...