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Apple Man of India
February 1 , 2025
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- Hariman Sharma, a farmer from Himachal Pradesh, was recently conferred with Padma Shri for his transformative contribution to Indian agriculture.
- He is popularly known as the ‘Apple Man of India’.
- He revolutionised apple cultivation by developing a variety that can be cultivated under warmer conditions in the lower hills.
- It was earlier believed that apples could only be grown in the mid and the higher hills under cold conditions.
- He has developed an innovative, self-pollinating, low chilling apple variety called HRMN-99.
- The HRMN-99 thrives in tropical, sub-tropical, and plain regions with summer temperatures reaching 40-45°C.
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