date:Jan 25, 2021
is almost Rs 600 per sapling. It can be afforded by only those who establish new apple orchards, not in the already existing orchards. The high-density saplings have to be imported from the Netherlands and Italy. Kashmir currently has only 0.07 percent of its 340,000 hectares of total horticulture land under high-density apple cultivation.
JK can take the lead in South Asia once we are able to produce our own high-density varieties, Bhat said, adding that this has become possible after an agree