Expensive Indian spices curb export demand

August 18, 2003 By:

EXPORTS of spices from India have fallen significantly during the current fiscal year largely due to the produce being uncompetitively priced on the international market. The Spices Board of India has refuted claims about the threat of shoot borer to the country’s cardamom crop…READ MORE

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Shoot borer threatens cardamom supplies

August 4, 2003 By:

GLOBAL cardamom supplies are expected to come under increased pressure due to fears that India’s crop may be severely reduced after being afflicted by shoot borer mites. India suggest that shoot borer has attacked 80% of the cardamom plants across Sakleshpur Taluk and that 50% of the plants at Banasree Estate in the region have […]

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