Seeds no more

No longer a dream, seedless apples are ready to invade the US markets

Fruitful find

Shelf-life of apples increased to eight months

Juice no more

Fertilisers are leading to lower production of apples in Himachal Pradesh

Apple failure

Apple growers warned

Worms in US apples

Apple subsidies a political game

Apples are at the care of Himachal politics and withdrawal of subsidies can be politically disastrous

High altitude dams cause low apple yield

Dams are robbing Kinnaur of its big cash crop—apples

Simply put: Temperature shift confuses farmers

Apples go higher in

Weather does not support traditional sweet varieties in lower regions; sour varieties replace them

Warm winter may spell doom for Rabi harvest, say Himachal orchardists, farmers

November 2023 saw 38% rainfall deficit, which further dipped to 85% in December 2023

Local apples fight scab better

Apple orchardists in Himachal worry after unseasonal rain and snow kill Italian honeybees

Apple, stone fruit growers rent Italian bees from apiarists for pollination of their crops in April

Apple line goes topsy-turvy in the Himalayas

The traditional apple growing areas are shifting with changing pattern of rainfall and increasing temperature

Pluck a problem

The government in Himachal Pradesh finds itself in a tight spot as a court order forces it to manage apple orchards on encroached forestlands

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Fungal scab attack can spell doom for Kashmir’s apple growers this year

Early, intense snowfall in November 2019 & a wet monsoon produced conditions for outbreak; lockdown abated it; farmers blame …

FDI is for Free Dumping in India

New foreign direct investment policy will only help firms like Apple to sell used phones made in China

Digital Markets Act: EU’s landmark bill that takes aim at big tech

Law may also force companies like Google and Apple to allow alternatives to their app stores

No food in forests: Bears, langurs throng Uttarkahand apple orchards as native vegetation gets taken over by invasives

Locals report numerous changes in food habits of wildlife; increased number of tigers in the state may also have a role

Frost bites apple in Kashmir

Freak snowfall in the Kashmir Valley has destroyed around half of the apple economy and exposed an ill-prepared government

From apples to vegetables in Sikkim

Apple orchards are travelling up the mountains in Sikkim and elsewhere in the Himalayas, as climate change makes the lower slopes too warm

Himachal apple growers left high and dry as commission agents dupe them

The farmers are organising themselves to press for a key law supposed to protect them, to be implemented properly

Is apple really good for the Himalayas?

Apple is the major crop in hills, but its role as a water guzzler or spread of orchards at the cost of nature is rarely discussed

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