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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Horticulture in Kashmir


The state of Jammu and Kashmir is three administrative regions, i.e. Jammu, Kashmir, and  Ladakh. The state is divided into 5 physiographic regions i.e. Trans Himalayas, Greater Himalayas, Lesser Himalayas, Shiwaliks and Plains  which have been further divided into 9 landforms and they are enumerated below:

  1. Glaciers
  2. Hills and Plateaus of Trans-Himalayas
  3. Hills of Greater Himalayas
  4. Hills of Lesser Himalayas
  5. Hill of Shiwaliks
  6. Narrow Valleys
  7. Broad Valleys
  8. Piedmont Plains
  9. Alluvial Plains

The Geo-agroclimatic  diversity of the  Kashmir offers vast potential for cultivating various kinds and varieties of fruits throughout its length and breadth. The state of Kashmir has four distinct Agro Climatic Zones i.e. Sub-tropical, Intermediate  (Sub-temperate), Temperate and Cold Arid Zone. Such an orientation of fruit growing to this varied type of climate formed the corner stone of strategy for development of Horticulture in the state of Kashmir.

Kashmir which is famous for the cultivation of temperate fruits like apple, pear, cherry, plum, apricort, peach, almond, walnut, Kiwi-Actinide fotidae, Pecannut, Strwberry, Zaitoon-Olea europaea, Olive, Hazelnut, Goji berry, Sea Buckthorn etc.

The  Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre-JKMPIC, is a pioneer institution to start cultivation of important indigenous medicinal plants and introduce many from other parts of the world. A preliminary study on cultivation of medicinal plants in Jammu and Kashmir was from this institution.

Planting/seed materials are always available for research purpose:

For more details:-
Sheikh GULZAAR
Head
POB: 667 GPO Srinagar SGR JK 190001
R&D division : Sonamarag (Kashmir)
Ph: (Resi) 01933-223705
Mob: 09858986794