From forest to lab: Kashmir's prized Gucchi mushroom gets a cultivation fix

Srinagar, April 18 -- A prized forest delicacy among the world's most expensive mushrooms is collapsing in the wild even as scientists in Kashmir say they may have found a way to cultivate it. Gucchi... Read More

Half-hour hailstorms, season-long losses: how climate change is reshaping Kashmir's apple orchards

India, April 14 -- Short, intense hailstorms are increasingly damaging apple orchards across Kashmir Recent storms hit during the critical flowering stage, leaving little chance of crop recovery Stu... Read More

West Asia war hits home: Rs.800 crore Kashmir handicrafts sector sees orders stall

SRINAGAR, April 4 -- As the war in West Asia disrupts demand, shipments and payments across the Gulf, Kashmir's Rs.800 crore handicrafts industry is seeing orders stall, cash get locked up and livelih... Read More

Death of winter: Kashmir's shrinking snowfall signals a deeper climate crisis in the Himalayas

India, March 25 -- Kashmir has recorded seven consecutive winters with below-normal precipitation Reduced snowfall is weakening natural water storage, affecting rivers and irrigation Warmer winters ... Read More

Kashmir's dry winter hits apple trade at the roots

Srinagar, March 21 -- Kashmir's run of warm, dry winters is now hitting its apple economy at a new pressure point-nurseries-where saplings are going unsold as farmers delay planting. In Qaimoh in sou... Read More

Dry winter and rising temperatures leave Kashmir's lifeline Jhelum river at historic low

India, March 12 -- The Kashmir Valley is witnessing one of its most unusual early springs in decades, with the river Jhelum, its lifeline, dropping below the zero-gauge level while temperatures surge ... Read More

When the lights go out: How climate change is impacting J&K's energy economy

New Delhi, March 3 -- Srinagar: In Srinagar's Safa Kadal, Nazir Ahmad Parray, a 65-year-old Kashmiri embroidery dealer, remembers winters when snow piled high on rooftops and lingered until March. Th... Read More

When the lights go out: How climate change is impacting J&K's energy economy

Srinagar, March 3 -- In Srinagar's Safa Kadal, Nazir Ahmad Parray, a 65-year-old Kashmiri embroidery dealer, remembers winters when snow piled high on rooftops and lingered until March. This year, Fe... Read More

India's pencil village is running out of wood

Pulwama, Feb. 28 -- Every morning before workers arrive, Feroz Ahmad Bhat walks into his tin-roofed pencil-slate unit in Oukhoo village and counts the poplar logs stacked along the wall. Bhat does not... Read More

How Kashmir is emerging as the home of the world's largest handmade silk carpets

Srinagar, Jan. 31 -- After years of being eroded by machine-made imports, political uncertainty and the slow exit of skilled artisans, Kashmir's carpet industry is repositioning itself at the very top... Read More