More than 10,000 trucks laden with apples left Indian-ruled Kashmir this week in a sign that the territory is returning to normal, according to officials and government data, after India imposed a ...

Kashmir produces 75 per cent of apples in the country. According to Bashir, the marginal growers will be badly hit by the drop in apple production.

Growers in Shopian, one of the major apple producing areas in Kashmir, said the unexpected snowfall in March was heavier than the normal snowfall and it got accumulated on the tree branches.

Though apple crop has not been damaged by floods in Kashmir, damage to roads has affected transportation of crop outside the state. With rise in demand, the price of a box of apple too has shot up ...

Apples contribute to around 8% of Jammu and Kashmir’s gross domestic produce. Fruits identified for high-density plantation are apple, walnut, almond, cherry, litchi, and olive.

Bijnor: The lifting of 51-day long curfew in Kashmir Valley has also lifted the mood of apple traders and locals here, who are now expecting to relish the fruit at a cheap rate. Since the clamping ...

Kashmir's orchards produce 1.1 million tons of apples annually, 700,000 tons of which are exported to other parts of India and the rest consumed locally. Only a miniscule percentage makes it overseas.

The apple trade, worth $1.6 billion in exports in 2017, accounts for nearly a fifth of Kashmir’s economy and provides livelihoods for 3.3 million. This year, less than 10 per cent of the ...

More than 10,000 trucks laden with apples left Indian-ruled Kashmir this week in a sign that the territory is returning to normal, according to officials and government data, after India imposed a ...

Kashmir apple trade picks up again under shadow of militant attacks By Fayaz Bukhari October 18, 20196:17 AM PDTUpdated October 18, 2019 ...