Technicians reach Jumla farms with refractometers to check apple quality

Authorities step up harvesting and export checks to keep unripe apples off the market and protect the reputation of the high-altitude district’s prized crop.

As apple orchards across the high-altitude district of Jumla fill with ripening fruit, farmers are coming under pressure from traders eager to buy the season’s crop. But authorities and other local stakeholders have agreed to prevent unripe apples from reaching markets this year in an effort to protect the reputation of Jumla’s apples.