This isn't a small concern. Apple farming supports over 3.5 lakh families in Kashmir. A bad season doesn't just hurt income, ...

Kashmir’s Zawoora village is currently thronged by locals and tourists as they visit the Centre of Excellence where hundreds of fruit trees are in full bloom ... high-density apple and cherry.

Just hours earlier, his apple trees ... beside a tree stripped bare.“Even if some fruit grows, it'll be deformed. No market value.” Read Also Heavy Rains, Hailstorm Hit Kashmir Parts; MeT ...

SRINAGAR: A wave of shock and grief has gripped Gund Jahangir village in the Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district ...

Unusually early and heavy snowfall split the trunks of 60 of Dar's 100 apple trees ... snowfall when the trees are in full bloom". Other changes also are underway as Kashmir - like other high ...

people from mainland India were not allowed to buy land in Kashmir. Muhammad Ahsan, a 75-year-old resident of Kanidajan, claimed 10,000 apple trees were chopped down by the government. Residents ...

However, this year paints a grim picture for ... situation for the apple growers due to climate change in Kashmir is becoming dismal. “I estimate around 50 percent of loss this year. Even when we are ...

pic.twitter ... “A damaged tree takes 8-10 years to recover and yield normally,” he said. “How can I quantify that loss?” Mid-November marks the end of the apple season in Kashmir, after ...

The fertile Kashmir Valley's Red Delicious ... the point they are plucked from trees?" asks Mohammed Yousuf, who owns an orchard near Sopore town, known as apple capital of Kashmir.

Heavy snowfall over the past 36 hours has caused massive damage to apple trees as life was thrown out of gear in the Kashmir Valley Heavy snowfall over the past 36 hours has caused massive damage ...