ISHS Acta Horticulturae 662: VII International Symposium on Temperate Zone Fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics
APPLE POLLINATION ISSUES IN THE HINDU KUSH-HIMALAYAN REGION |
| Authors: | U. Partap, T. Partap |
| Abstract:
Apples have emerged as the leading cash crop in several areas of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region, assuming great importance in helping many farmers move out of the poverty trap. They are found in areas as far apart as the Indian Himalayas, northern Pakistan, the mountain areas of China, and northern Bhutan. They can account for 60-80% of the total household income and studies indicate that in the areas where apples are grown there is now food security and reasonable economic well-being (Sharma, 1996). The area of land devoted to apple orchards in the five countries studied ranged from 230,000 ha in India to 2000 ha in Bhutan, with a total annual production ranging from 1,320,000 tonnes in India to 30,000 tonnes in Nepal (Table 1). Apples were grown in more than 140 hill and mountain districts in the countries studied. The estimated total annual production in the HKH of 2.2 million tonnes of apples helped to bring in an income of over US $500 million per year to those involved in apple farming and marketing.... | |
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