Kashmir''s world-acclaimed saffron and its vast fields are fast dwindling, courtesy the poisonous dust emanating from nearby cement plants.

The Amarnath land row which prevented the Kashmir apple crop from reaching the wholesale market, proved to be a blessing in disguise for Himachal''s orchards.

Two months ago, Kailash Thate, a young man with 10 acres of farmland close to the Ujjani dam, set up an agro-processing unit to extract fibres...

On Tuesday, as a convoy of 12 pick-up vans carrying different varieties of fruits from the Valley crossed the Kaman Bridge, fruit growers lined up on the LoC to see off the vehicles.

Just when Valley growers were celebrating the bumper fruit crop and the beginning of cross LoC trade, early snowfall in Kashmir this winter ruined their party.

With the Uttarakhand Government seizing the initiative in the matter, the state might well be on its way to becoming the walnut basket of India.

How about repaying a loan in kind? This is exactly what a Kisan Bank set up in Dehradun intends to do...

The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to fund farmers, especially those in the hills, to build polyhouses modern greenhouses, in other words...

Even though the weather and soil conditions here can seldom be compared, the yield seems to have transcended those boundaries.

Poor production of the fruit in Kashmir, Himachal has jacked up prices in Pune markets to a minimum retail price of Rs 120 per kg....

For almost a year now, Vittal Bawari of Talera village, around 100 km from Pune, has been growing cashews and mangoes on a part of his land.

The bumper apple crop in Himachal Pradesh this year has failed to translate into good news for growers yet again. Drought and hail have damaged the fruits....

Small farmers badly hit though overall rice output won''t diminish owing to bumper crop in major growing areas.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will now prepare a list of do''s and don''ts for farmers.

A Rs 9.5-cr ICAR project sanctioned to SKUAST aims at reviving the lucrative industry

Tea mosquito bug is the most serious pest of cashew plantation.

With subsidy from govt, sugar factories have placed orders for harvesters from abroad.

SKUAST experts teach basics of organic farming to more than 200 farmers, encourage them to take it up on a larger scale

Decent rainfall, coupled with contract farming and govt policies, boosts wine production

World Economic Forum has chosen the state for its New Agriculture Initiative

Incessant rainfall and low temperatures have already caused 60-70% crop loss, likely to breed diseases too

A projected honey output over 500 tonnes, 7,500 beekeepers and growing, with 29,850 bee colonies between them. Beekeeping has been catching on in Jammu and Kashmir

On the outskirts of Srinagar city, sprawling residential colonies have cropped up over the years.

Population pressure telling on state''s land resources, agri university brings out high-yield options.

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