Repeated hailstorms are battering Jammu and Kashmir's apple belt during crucial fruit-setting season, raising fears that climate change could reshape the Valley's most important horticulture industry ...

Kashmir's apple farmers face increasing crop risks from erratic weather, prompting a shift to high-density orchards for ...

Repeated crop losses linked to suspect pesticides expose a regulatory failure that threatens the Valley’s most important ...

Apple cultivation sustains nearly 3.5 million farmers in Kashmir besides accounting for nearly 78 per cent of India's annual ...

Repeated hailstorms in Kashmir damaged apple orchards during the fruit-setting stage, causing up to 30% losses in the agriculture and horticulture sector. • Import competition threat Growers struggle ...

Amid recurring spells of hailstorms wreaking havoc across Kashmir’s apple belt, demands for the introduction of a crop insurance scheme have grown louder among growers. According to meteorologists, ...