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AgroPolicy, Horticulture, India, Supply Chain

The policy will help stabilise apple prices in the local market by reducing the oversupply of cheap imported apples

The central government has introduced the Minimum Import Price (MIP) for apples, a move that has been widely celebrated by local farmers. This decision aims to protect the interests by preventing tax-free imports of apples from other countries, ensuring a level playing field for the local apple industry.

According to the policy, any apple costing less than Rs 50 per kg cannot be imported, effectively levelling the playing field for local farmers and providing a much-needed boost to the local apple industry. The introduction of MIP brings several benefits to the apple growers of Jammu and Kashmir. The policy will help stabilise apple prices in the local market by reducing the oversupply of cheap imported apples. This stability will enable local farmers to fetch better prices for their produce, thereby improving their profitability and income.

Additionally, the MIP will boost the overall morale of the apple farming community, as they will no longer have to fear losing the market share to imported apples that enjoy an unfair price advantage. The news of the government’s decision to implement the MIP has been met with widespread relief and optimism among J&K apple growers.

The policy will help stabilise apple prices

AgroPolicy, India, R&D, Sustainability, Vegetables

The seeds of these mushrooms will distribute to farmers in the month of September

Jammu and Kashmir to introduce a high resistance NPS-5 variety of mushrooms for commercial farming in September this year.  Field trials of the mushrooms of this variety have been successful.

According to the local media, the NPS-5 variety of mushrooms is a second strain and the seeds of these mushrooms will distribute to farmers in the month of September. This variety of mushrooms is not get affected by low-water, high-water situations and high concentrations of carbon dioxide. Jammu Kashmir’s agriculture department is working on other fronts for the growth of mushroom cultivation in the state. The new variety of mushroom cultivation in the state will benefit farmers on a large scale.

Department of Agriculture is also working on seeds of milky mushrooms, dingri, button and shiitake. Department has crossed a target of 100 quintals of seed in the month of April. The cultivation trial was carried out on sawdust of broad leaves in polypropylene bags as per the guidelines of the Directorate of Mushroom Research (ICAR).

The seeds of these mushrooms will distribute

AgroPolicy, Agrotech, Floriculture, India, People, Sustainability

Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) introduced lavender farming under the CSIR-Aroma Mission in 2018

In Jammu and Kashmir, around 2500 farmers have adopted lavender farming under the Union government’s Aroma Mission. Farmers in Bhaderwah town gave up traditional maize farming and embrace lavender farming.

Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) introduced lavender farming under the CSIR-Aroma Mission in 2018. Initially institute introduce lavender farming Doda, Kishtwar, and Rajouri districts. In 2017 few marginal farmers in Bhaderwah switched to lavender farming. During the five years, under the CSIR Arom mission, 2500 farmers joined the initiative of lavender cultivation. Farmers from Tipri, Lehrote, Killar, Koundla, Himote, Sartingal, Butla, Nalthi and Nakshari villages are into profitable lavender farming. The government is providing assistance including funding, technology and marketing to the farmers associated with lavender farming.

Few of the farmers in Bhaderwah have installed machinery to extract oil from lavender flowers and manufacture aromatic products and add value to lavender. Women farmers are also into lavender farming and bringing the purple revolution to the region.  

Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) introduced

AgroPolicy, Agrotech, Environment, Finance, Horticulture, India, R&D, Sustainability

The project will also establish business orientation centres at Sher-E- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST)

In order to practice sustainable agriculture in Jammu and Kashmir, the Government has approved a five-year project on Innovative Extension Approaches for Revitalising Agriculture in J&K. Government has sanctioned Rs 463 crore, which is aimed at empowering farmers and educated youth through technology-driven and inclusive agri-extension services.

According to the statement, one of the critical outcomes of the project would be the creation of two thousand Kissan Khidmat Ghars (KKGs), at the Panchayat level as a hub of convergence of services at the district level. They will also serve as a One Stop Centre for extending farmer-oriented services related to agriculture and allied sectors.

The project envisages promoting sustainable and profitable agriculture with a significant increase in the share of agricultural GDP. The project will also establish business orientation centres at Sher-E- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Kashmir and Jammu and facilitate real-time problem redressal through cyber extension including RS-GIS-driven agro-advisories and ICT-based virtual contacts and communication systems. The project will also create a robust MIS system to maintain transparency and accountability in service delivery and information sharing with parent departments and administration.

The project will also establish business orientation

AgroPolicy, Horticulture, India, People, Sustainability, Trade, Vegetables

The government has taken up the task of providing GI tagging to another 20-25 products which will give us an edge in the international markets.

“Expanding business and marketing opportunities for farmers with a well-planned holistic agriculture development is immensely helping Jammu and Kashmir to move towards historic transformation”, said Atal Dulloo, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department.

ACS said this while addressing a mammoth gathering after inaugurating one day Buyer-Seller meet organised by the department of Horticulture Planning and Marketing (HP&M).

Over three hundred growers and farmers, SHGs, FPOs and entrepreneurs hailing from different parts of J&K participated in the event.

The meet also witnessed great participation of buyers which included big merchants, exporters and multinational companies like Reliance, Big Basket and Amazon. Besides, many potential buyers, exporters, and stakeholders including HFN, Unnati Cooperatives, Uniwool, JKDCUL, Sarweshwar addressed the gathering.

Participating buyers appreciated the initiative of the department which will provide an exclusive opportunity to interact directly with the growers and farmers.

He said that the government has launched a holistic agriculture development programme in J&K. The conceptualization, formulation and approval of the massive transformative mission to reform agriculture and allied sectors in J&K was finalized and translated on ground in just 5 months of time, he added.

Pertinently, the humongous exercise began with the constitution of the Apex Committee under the Chairmanship of Mangla Rai by the Lieutenant Governor and culminated with the finalization of a transformative mission for holistic development of agriculture and allied sectors in J&K with the potential to transform the subsistence agriculture of J&K into sustainable commercial agri-economy.

Atat Duloo said the approved plan comprising 29 project proposals shall push agriculture and allied sectors to a new trajectory of growth with economy, ecology and equity as its guiding pillars, he shared. He also announced that the government has taken up the task of providing GI tagging to another 20-25 products which will give us an edge in the international markets. Besides, a high-level committee has been set up to take steps for export promotion of our significant products.

ACS further shared that the government has recently constituted a Marketing Board for facilitating the regulation of mandis and conferred various powers to the Board and the director of Horticulture, Planning and Marketing, J&K. The unified licensing has been approved as also the declaration of CA stores/warehouses/stores of FPOs/Cooperatives as sub-yards of Mandis for undergoing trade on e-NAM.

He said HP&M has moved towards a transparent e-auction system for the allocation of space in mandis and e-NAM trade has increased from less than Rs 1 crore to over Rs 23 crore in a span of 3-4 months, besides taking lead at the national level in inter-state e-NAM Trade.

Speaking on the occasion, Vanita, DGM APEDA, deliberated upon the initiatives of the organization towards the promotion of J&K agriculture and Horticulture. She informed that APEDA, a first, recently introduced the Mishri variety of cherry to the Singapore market and Kashmir Apples to Hongkong which she termed as new milestones for local products.

Later, a buyer seller interaction session was conducted where participants had a thorough and candid discussion on different aspects related to business promotion.

The government has taken up the task

Floriculture, Horticulture, India, Nature

A huge demand for saffron from all around the world since it gets the geographical indication (GI) tag

Saffron production in Jammu and Kashmir has increased by 30 per cent this year due to adequate rains just before the flowering season, which raised production and prevented crop yields from declining. Kashmir has more than 3700 hectares of land under saffron cultivation and the Pampore in Pulwama is the main hub for growing saffron. However, the spice is now being cultivated across different districts of Kashmir valley as well.

According to the Jammu and Kashmir Saffron Growers Association, this year, the rate of Lacha quality saffron is around Rs 185 per gram while Morga quality saffron is Rs 240 per gram at Kashmir’s Park Pampore. The saffron farmers in the valley earlier were very much disappointed due to low rates in the market. But since the Kashmir Saffron Park came into existence and has decided rates on a high note, the farmers started taking more interest in the cultivation of saffron.

Huge demand for saffron from all over the world since it gets the geographical indication (GI) tag a sign used on products which have a specific geographical origin. Last season, the saffron production exceeded 15 metric tones after a gap of more than 25 years. The year-on-year increases in production are expected to revitalize the industry because growers have been forced to switch to other crops or stop growing the pricey crop due to diminishing yields and land under cover.
Since 1996, production has been falling, with the Valley experiencing the lowest yield of 1.5 MTs in 2011-2012. Experts were warning that due to declining production, this valuable crop would become extinct.

A huge demand for saffron from all

Agro Universities, AgroPolicy, Floriculture, Start ups

Inaugurated six distillation units under CSIR-IIIM for lavender situated at six different places

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Earth Science; MoS of Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Bhaderwah is the potential destination of agri-tech startups of the country.

After inaugurating the country’s first ‘Lavender Festival’ Bhaderwah, the Union Minister described Bhaderwah as the birthplace of India’s Purple Revolution.

“The country’s first National Institute of High Altitude Medicine is being built in Bhaderwah which will attract scholars and researchers not only from India but across the globe generating employment opportunities for the region. The establishment of this institute is proof of developmental initiatives reaching far-flung places at an unprecedented rate compared to the last seventy years,” Dr Singh added.

Referring to the lavender cultivation in the region, Dr Singh said that Lavender is an avenue of employment generation and research opening many paradigms of development for the region. He further said that the agriculturist Bharat Bhushan called the Brand Ambassador of Purple Revolution in India is an inspiration for youth in Jammu and Kashmir toward Start-up culture.

Dr Singh said that under lavender cultivation, potential farmers’ income has not only been doubled but quadrupled.

Dr Singh also inaugurated six distillation units under CSIR-IIIM for lavender situated at six different places. Three MoUs were also signed between CSIR-IIIM Jammu with Agro Voltic Power, Mussoorie Uttarakhand, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar Punjab and Fine Fragrance Power, Mumbai.

Dr DS Reddy, Director CSIR-IIIM Jammu, Dhanenter Singh, DDC Chairperson, Doda, Sangeeta Bhagat, Vice-Chairperson DDC Doda, Dr Sumit Garola, Nodal Scientist CSIR besides scientists and potential farmers cultivating lavender were present during the festival. Many industrialists and potential farmers were felicitated during the lavender festival.

Inaugurated six distillation units under CSIR-IIIM for

AgroPolicy, Agrotech

The workshop was held under the Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari Campaign 2022

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme, recently organised a One District One Product (ODOP)-based workshop on the processing and value addition of Walnuts in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).

The event was inaugurated by Ashok Kumar Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar. The ODOP workshop was aimed to set the stage for all food-tech stakeholders to impart, discuss and acquaint the stakeholders with the new emerging trends in food processing and technological innovation in walnut processing in the Kishtwar district.

The workshop witnessed the presence of eminent industry speakers sharing their insights for micro-enterprises and farmers to pave the way for walnut-based products to scale to domestic and global levels.

The ODOP workshop under Kisan Bhagidari Prathmikta Hamari Campaign is a one-of-its-kind-initiative by the Ministry along with the support of distinguished industry experts to educate and guide the farmers in the Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir to make informed decisions to scale up their food business in walnut processing in the present scenario.

The workshop was held under the Kisan