FARMERS in the Idukki district of India are pressing ahead with plans to set up a new cardamom and pepper processing and extraction unit in Ramakkalmedu at a cost of around Rs50m ($1.12m). According to leading officials of the Indian Organic Spices Farmers Producer Company, more than 50 spice growers in the district have joined forces and propose to set up the unit which will both process and extract oleoresins from organicallygrown cardamom and pepper... Read More