Tribune: Climate change is impacting apple cultivation, the mainstay of orchardists in Shimla, Kinnaur, Kullu, Mandi, Chamba, Sirmaur and Lahaul-Spiti, casting a shadow on production.
The apple marketing season is at its peak, but the production is likely to dip this year and experts attribute it to climate change.
"The production is likely to be about 50 per cent of the 7.55 lakh tonnes (3.80 crore) boxes produced last year as the crop has been adversely affected by scanty snowfall and poor rain,"...