India’s Kashmir Walnut Growers Face Market Gaps

India’s Kashmir walnut growers face market gaps

In Sallar, a village in the Anantnag district of Kashmir, the walnut harvest season is underway. Families gather in orchards to knock down the fruit using long sticks, continuing a practice that has been part of the region's agricultural cycle for generations. "Kashmiri walnut has no match," says Younis…

Walnut harvest brings celebration in Kashmir, but growers seek fair markets - The Kashmiriyat

Suhail Dar Under the September sky in Sallar, a village tucked in the folds of Anantnag’s mountains, the sound of sticks striking branches echoes through the walnut groves. This is the pulse of autumn in Kashmir, walnut season, when families gather in orchards and on hillsides to bring down the prized fruit that has made […] The post Walnut harvest brings celebration in Kashmir, but growers seek fair markets appeared first on The Kashmiriyat.