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Kashmir’s Zawoora village is currently visitedby locals and domestic tourists.
These tourists visit the Center of Excellence where hundreds of fruit trees are in full bloom with spring in the air!
Spread over 15 hectares, this Centerwas established by J&K’s horticulture department and is equipped with the latest technologies.
For the first time, the Center was thrown open by the horticulture department for the people, especially tourists, as part of Horti-tourism and spring festival programmes. “So far 20,000 people, including tourists from different states, visited the centre. They had first-hand experience of fruit blooming in Kashmir. The entry here is free,” said the director, horticulture, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat.
The Center of Excellence has hundreds of varieties of exotic plants, producing high-quality fruit plants, besides being a demonstration center for micro-irrigation, high-tech greenhouse technology. “This centre serves as a demonstration centre for farmers and students. It’s a model project and has a weather-based station, besides testing labs and farm training school,” said Bhat.
The Center has separate almond, peach, apricot, plum, pear, high-density apple and cherry trees. Therefore, it presents a colorful picture.
Fruit is one of the biggest trades in J&K, with around seven lakh farming families (approximately 35 lakh people) directly or indirectly connected with the sector.
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