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The farmers say that the last time they experienced such a prolonged dry spell was two decades ago in 2004.
Before Easter, the price of dry cocoa reached Rs 750.
The district has become hotter by almost a degree Celsius since 2021.
From around 160 families, Chathamangalam in the cross-section of three hill panchayats in Kannur now has only six families.
Rishabh Suri and his brother Rohan Suri founded Qudrat, a startup manufacturing disposable tableware, in Thiruvananthapuram in 2020 as they explored the business opportunities emerging out of waste management.
The amaranthus cultivation is mainly based in Taikkal, Kannikkad and Elanji.
A steering committee meeting of ‘Nel Karshaka Samrakshana Samiti’, has decided to go on the warpath if the Government fails to provide a procurement price of Rs 31.35 per kg.
Farmer leaders, after a meeting with the ministers here on Sunday, had said they would discuss the government's proposal in their forums on Monday and Tuesday, and thereafter, decide the next course of action.
A group of farmers in this village has turned the barren field into a high yielding sugarcane farm. Their toil has also restored the legacy of this village which was once famous for sugarcane farming.
Coconut production fell from 5873 coconuts per hectare to 5642 coconuts per hectare., said Tirur MLA
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