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Lassipora, located in South Kashmir, becomes a bustling hub of activity even at midnight during the apple harvest season. This region, anticipated to be India's largest apple industry cluster, faces unique challenges in 2023 due to low apple production in Himachal and Kashmir. Mechanical grading and packing processes are gaining popularity, saving time and ensuring efficiency. The cold storage chain in Kashmir is expanding rapidly, with investments exceeding Rs 2500 crore. However, investors face issues with subsidy disbursement, expansion limits, and high credit costs. The cold chain has...

The Himachal apple market maintains stability thanks to a government practice preventing low-quality apples from reaching the main market. In contrast, Kashmir faced challenges in implementing a similar strategy. The Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) aimed to utilise lower-grade apples for other sectors but faced obstacles and was discontinued. Recently, a revived MIS could help the apple concentrate industry in Kashmir grow, improving overall apple quality and reducing market dependence on China. Additionally, local juice-making units have the potential to challenge top players in India's...

 KULGAM : One of the main industries supporting the economy of Kashmir is horticulture bearing variety of fruits and providing sustenance to a major chunk rural population particularly those living on keravas and high terrains . Due to the tempe

In an open market economy, cheap Iranian apple imports into India and impacting the price curve of the Kashmir apple in the months of December and January. The report offers a wide view of the apple market in India and how Kashmir, the principal apple grower, in the region must adjust to it by adopting the ecnomy of scale.

By Shakir Ashraf SRINAGAR: The import of Iranian kiwis via Afghanistan to India has triggered a new concern for Kashmir’s apple growers. After a contagious quarantine pest was discovered in the cheap imported fruit, early December, concern is mounting.