Kashmir apple growers rejoice as they expect bumper crop

October 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Paddy farmers in Kashmir are expecting a good crop following sufficient and timely rains. In Srinagar, farmers are happy with the bumper production.

October 1st, 2009 SRINAGAR - As the chinar leaves change colour from green to crimson to yellow, autumn, the season of plenty in Kashmir, is at its peak. The countryside is buzzing with activity as peasants harvest their paddy crop and fruit growers pick apples in their orchards.

September 23rd, 2009 KOTKHAI - Hundreds of apple farmers are facing trouble in Himachal Pradesh, as their produce is not able to reach markets on time due to bad road conditions in Kotkhai subdivision of Shimla. The cultivators complain that potholes on the roads and landslips are not taken care due to which the apple-loaded trucks get stuck in long jams.

September 19th, 2009 WERWAN - With the almond harvesting reaching its final stages, the growers are gearing up to hit the local market in Kashmir. Residents of Werwan village in Pulwama district, very famous for almonds, are busy harvesting the almond crops.

September 5th, 2009 SHIMLA - An exhibition of apples was organised at Kotkhai, 60 kilometres off Shimla, to showcase special varieties of the fruit and promote them among the orchard owners and growers. The exhibition happened to mark the silver jubilee of the annual Apple Show in which 452 farmers exhibited 30 advanced varieties of apples.

August 31st, 2009 SHIMLA - The low apple crop production in Himachal Pradesh has led to loss of business and unemployment in the state. Many people have been left jobless in the state, as apple crop production has come down by almost seventy five percent.

July 21st, 2009 SHIMLA - Apple growers in Shimla are a worried lot as scant rainfall has hit apple yield. "No use of the rains as majority of our crop has ruined.

July 15th, 2009 UTTARAKHAND - Adverse weather conditions have hit hard the apple crop in Ramgarh in Uttarakhand. The crop has been widely affected by the lack of rainfall and hailstorms during the time of flowering.

July 14th, 2009 BUDGAM - People in different parts of the country can expect to relish delicious plums or, Aloobukharas in common parlance, as there has been a bumper crop in Kashmir. Kashmir's Budgam district, which grows plums had good rainfall coupled with moderate temperature this year.

June 24th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) in Kashmir have organized an exhibition-cum- science congress for the farmers to apprise them of new techniques in agriculture and horticulture. "The main aim of this exhibition is to make latest technical innovations in agriculture, sericulture, animal husbandry and floriculture available to the farmers and to showcase the technical innovations from other countries so that the interaction takes place between both the countries," said Fayaz Bandey, one of the organizers.

May 20th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Timely rain in the valley region of Jammu and Kashmir is expected to fetch ample profits to the growers of strawberry fruits. According to the Horticulture Department, a bumper yield of this tasty fruit is expected this year.

April 28th, 2009 SHIMLA - Cherry growers in Himachal Pradesh, often called the country's fruit bowl, are hoping for a bumper crop. 'We are expecting a bumper cherry crop because of the favourable climatic conditions in the flowering season (March-April).

March 31st, 2009 SRINAGAR - Hordes of tourists visiting Kashmir valley are fascinated by the mustard fields as the mustard crop has turned the whole picturesque Kashmir valley into golden. According to mustard growers, following sufficient snowfall and rains this winter, the crop yields are much better than the previous year.

February 8th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Faced with the ire of farmers after a glut of potato crop in the state, the Punjab government Monday announced that 3,000 tonnes of potatoes would be exported to Middle East countries. The export of the potato crop will be in addition to the 200,000 tonnes of potatoes being sent to other states within the country like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.

February 5th, 2009 SHIMLA - Rising temperatures and very little or no snowfall since the onset of winter in Himachal Pradesh could hit the hill state's Rs.20-billion (Rs.2,000-crore) fruit industry this year. 'The prolonged dry spell in the mid-hills is a matter of concern.