3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (215+ words) SRINAGAR: The Horticulture Department in Bandipora has issued an advisory for orchardists following a recent hailstorm in parts of the district, recommending preventive fungicidal and nutritional sprays to protect affected fruit crops. Officials said orchardists growing apple and pear have…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (523+ words) SRINAGAR: Repeated hailstorms and stormy winds over the past two months have devastated orchards across Kashmir, triggering panic among lakhs of families dependent on the horticulture sector and pushing many fruit growers deeper into debt. The Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (125+ words) Central Kashmir: Hundreds of Apple Trees Felled; Police Register Case Kashmir Life SRINAGAR: Hundreds of apple trees were cut down by unidentified persons in the Rangeen Kultreh area of Chadoora in central Kashmir's Budgam district during the intervening night of…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (182+ words) SRINAGAR: The Government has revised the Minimum Assured Procurement Price (MAPP) of onion stocks from Rs 1, 270 to Rs 1, 580 per quintal, with the revised rate coming into effect from Saturday. Government revises the Minimum Assured Procurement Price (MAPP) of onion stocks…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (995+ words) SRINAGAR: Kashmir's worsening climate instability is now unfolding in increasingly destructive and unpredictable ways, with repeated hailstorms across the Valley devastating orchards, vegetable fields and paddy saplings, pushing thousands of farming families into distress and once again exposing the absence…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (139+ words) Kashmir Life SRINAGAR: In a major boost to Ladakh's horticulture sector, the first consignment of Karkitchoo apples, an indigenous variety from Kargil, has been flagged off for export to Dubai. The flagging-off ceremony was held at the ROPCL cold storage…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (376+ words) SRINAGAR: Minister Javed Ahmad Dar on Saturday said the government is likely to implement the crop insurance scheme in Jammu and Kashmir within the next two months, while assuring relief to farmers affected by recent hailstorms after completion of damage…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (203+ words) SRINAGAR: A heavy hailstorm struck several villages of Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district during the pre-dawn hours on Friday, causing damage to orchards and standing crops The hailstorm struck Nagbal, Zaradihar, Machama, Chankitaar, Mandoora, Panner Jageer and adjoining areas,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (322+ words) SRINAGAR: In a major development for Kashmir's horticulture sector and India's temperate fruit industry, Qul Fruits and Italy-based Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti (CIV Italia) on Tuesday announced the launch of IVAR, India's first dedicated institutional platform for protected fruit varieties and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (529+ words) by Sri Varshith Kumar Reddy E As glaciers retreat, floods intensify, and governance fragments, Jammu and Kashmir must move from emergency response to institutional resolve, and the case for a dedicated Climate Council has never been stronger. This is May…...