Infrastructure
Fruit and Vegetable Mandies:
- 3 Terminal Mandies are functional and 2 are under development.
- 11 SatelliteMandies are functional and 9 under development.
- There are 10 APNI Mandies at various stages of development.
| S.No. |
Category of Markets |
Functional |
At Final Stage |
Under Development |
| I |
Terminal Markets |
Narwal |
|
Jablipora |
| Parimpora |
|
|
| Sopore |
|
|
| II |
Satellite Markets |
Shopian |
|
Zazna Ganderbal |
| Pulwama Pachhar |
Kupwara |
Leh |
| Kulgam |
|
Baramulla |
| Charar-i-Sharief |
|
Paryote Doda |
| Handwara |
|
Poonch |
| Batingoo |
|
Bishnah |
| Akhnoor |
|
Kargil |
| Udhampur |
|
Batote |
| Kathua |
|
Aglar Shopian |
| Rajouri |
|
|
| III |
APNI Mandies |
|
Mandi Poonch |
Tapyal |
|
Mari Reasi |
Dayala Chak (Chadwal) |
|
|
Pouni Reasi |
|
|
Garian Udhampur |
|
|
Khansahib Budgam |
|
|
Nunmai Kulgam |
Development of Nurseries:
- Department of Horticulture has 138 nurseries (Kashmir-70 and Jammu-68) across the State, out of which 56 nurseries have been accredited (Kashmir 26 and Jammu 30) by National Horticulture Board (NHB).
- 307 private nurseries are registered with the Department out of which 168 are accredited.
Centers of Excellence
- Two Centers of excellence (CoE) one at Jammu and other at Kashmir are being established at an estimated cost of Rs. 9.02 & 7.84 crore respectively.
- These Centerswill have the facilities for production of high quality fruit plants, micro irrigation, high-tech greenhouse technology, Tissue culture labs, bio-control labs, weather forecasting units etc.
- These Centers will showcase and disseminate innovative technologies forpreserving germ-plasm and multiplication of improved and high yielding varieties etc.
- These will act as demonstration Centers for transfer of latest technology to the farmers/growers.
