Persimmon might become a cash crop in Kashmir Valley
Growers across Jammu and Kashmir are experimenting with persimmons as a new fruit crop. According to Naveed Hamid, Chief Executive Officer of SKUAST-K’s Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship Centre, persimmons hold immense potential as a cash crop.
He explained that cultivation of Persimmon is relatively new in Kashmir. “Some pioneering farmers in Baramulla and Budgam
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