INDIAN cardamom traders in Bodinayakanur, Thevaram, Cumbum and Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu and Kumily in Kerala have decided to boycott cardamom auctions. The boycott is a response to a recent decision by the Spices Board to reduce growers’ contributions, which would deprive the traders of Rs1.50 per kg on cardamom sold to bidding traders as […]
INDIAN growers expect the country’s cardamom crop this year to be down by a quarter from last year’s level, which would be a heavy blow to the already struggling sector. India’s cardamom output for the April to March 2005/06 crop year is estimated at between 13,000 and 17,000 tonnes but if the growers’ gloomy predictions […]
SMALL variety cardamom output in India is likely to fall by a quarter in 2006-07 (April-March) from the previous year due to unfavourable weather, according to some growers. Erratic rains in June then strong winds in major producing areas in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are the main reasons for lower output, the growers added. “The […]
INDIA’S cardamom crop has suffered due to a lull in the monsoon showers between June 5 and 20, according to growers from Idukki, a major cardamom-growing district in Kerala. Growers in the country said that, while there had been good monsoon showers during the end of May, the crop has been hit badly by a […]