PULWAMA — Amid the ongoing peak apple harvesting season in Kashmir, cold storage operators have clarified that no preferential treatment is being given to large fruit merchants and that every grower and customer is being treated equally, subject to established procedures and availability of storage space. Responding to concerns raised by some growers regarding alleged […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the impact of landslide-induced disruptions on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway (NH-44) on Kashmir’s horticulture sector. In a post on X, the PDP said Mehbooba Mufti noted that every day of delay in transporting fresh produce puts the hard work […]
SRINAGAR — In a much-needed relief to the horticultural sector, Director Horticulture Kashmir Zahoor Ahmad Bhat on Tuesday said that crop insurance for apple orchards will be available starting from March 2025. Speaking to reporters at Kulgam after visiting the orchards affected due to gusty winds and hailstorm, Bhat said that the crop insurance will […]
SRINAGAR — Qul Fruitwall (Qul), the Kashmir-based horticultural startup, becomes the first private sector enterprise to receive global institutional capital in Jammu and Kashmir. Incofin, a Belgium-based impact investor — along with Fiedlin, an Indian growth capital platform for small and medium enterprise, have invested Rs 60 crore in Qul which serves 5,000 farmers and […]