Pests, Ports And Apple
Protests by traders suggesting the Iranian apple imports should be banned to protect the domestic produce may not be a good idea to help...
Encroaching Every Inch
In Kashmir, the land is not only the last symbol of identity but also the only of the most paying sectors for investment that...
Mission Saffron
Dwindling yield has pushed Pampore’s saffron growers to a new low and sections within the government wish they start producing corms that are required...
Kashmir’s Apple Girana Market
As politics played a spoilsport in the market intervention scheme (MIS) aimed at managing the C-class apple locally, the market has located and seized...
A Potato Culture
Working in SKUAST-K’s potato laboratory, a scholar was desperate for the MS media, a key ingredient for tissue culture but the lab lacked funds....
Strawberry Economy
A quiet village on the outskirts of Srinagar is at the forefront of a change in Kashmir’s fruit market in the last decade. With...
Apple Selling
Gradually, Kashmir has started changing the way it used to sell its apple. As 14 satellite markets attracted nonlocal buyers, slightly more than one-third...
A Lift To Agriculture Economy
They had to wait 28 years for a small lift irrigation scheme to complete, meanwhile people living in the 18 Tral villages suffered losses...
The Gasping Ambri
Some enthusiast growers may be preserving the fabled Ambri, the king of Kashmiri apples, in an odd orchard in Shopian. But others are upbeat...
Apple Woes
Despite increase in production apple growers in south Kashmir are finding it hard to carry on the occupation as quality of the produce has...
A Dairy Deficit
The Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) has wreaked havoc on families who adore and depend on cattle for economic well-being. The epidemic is emerging as...
Weather blues
Subnormal temperatures are making the summer pleasant but crops are bearing the brunt. Haroon Mirani reports on the threats of erratic weather to crops...
‘Saffron Is Anti-carcinogenic; Can Delay Alzheimer’s and is Used in Treating Depression’
A leading plant scientist, Dr Nasheman Ashraf, currently Principal Scientist at CSIR-IIM, was the first to create a data bank of 64000 Saffron genes...
An Apple A Day
As fruit industry has seen a significant makeover over recent years. Javaid Naikoo reports on how the industry is staying close to home for...
Sapling Success
Two brothers laboured for 15 years in experimental orchards. One day, when they were sure that they will never be regularised, they decided to...
