24/08/2025
How Europe’s high-density apples are eating into Kashmir’s fruit economy
An unexpected glut in the apple market has left thousands of growers across Kashmir anxious about their investments into high-density apple farming.
A 10-12 kg apple box that fetched ₹1,300-1,400 in 2024 is now selling for just ₹750-1,000.
SRINAGAR :In the small village of Losedanow, nestled in Kashmir’s apple town of Shopian, Sayar Ahmad Lone hoped to change his family’s fortune when he invested ₹16 lakh in European high-density apple saplings for his orchard three years ago.
He uprooted 80-year-old apple trees for the promise of higher yields, quicker harvests, and better returns. But this year, an unexpected glut in the apple market has sent prices tumbling—leaving Lone and thousands of growers across the valley anxious about their investments.
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