Apple trade accounts for more than five per cent of Himachal Pradesh's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It was one of the sectors worst affected by climatic conditions in 2023
Himachal Pradesh experienced various incidents of landslides and cloudbursts between March and August of 2023, that caused severe damage to not only homes, cars and roads, but also the state's apple production. The apple trade, which accounts for over five per cent of the state's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), was among the sectors worst affected by the havoc.
Apple is a temperate crop, requiring a cold climate; it relies on monsoon and snow for the finest produce. However, in 2023, the orchards faced a double whammy of little to no snowfall in the winter season, followed by rain at the flowering stage and hailstorms and landslides when the fruit was fully grown.
On the other hand, Hari Chand Roach, an 86-year-old veteran farmer from Kotgarh village said that the one stop solution is to shift to varieties having low-chilling requirements. Another practice being followed by the apple producers in the state is branch grafting for fruit tree propagation, the process that helps produce fruits in half the time. But Mr Roach emphasises on the requirement of cold temperatures, sunshine in order to have the maximum produce.
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