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Whether or not a product carries GI tag, identifying unique varieties and creating a market of consumers who specifically demand them can ensure better returns for farmers.
Indian spices are redefined by Annu Sunny and Graamya through value addition, finding a global market for indigenous spices.
Consuming pepper, both as food and as medicine, helps detoxify the body by eliminating toxins that enter through food.
Coupled with the severe dip in production, the unrestricted imports threaten the sector.
Agricultural crop infections are devastating the farmer community in Wayanad, with pepper and areca nut plants threatened by a fast-spreading yellowing disease.
In June, when pepper prices surpassed Rs 700 per kilogram, an influx of 5,085 tons of imported pepper flooded the market, driving prices down.
When the school reopened, most of the farmers sold off the pepper they had stocked to meet the expense for books,uniform and stationery.
Murikkasseri Police arrested Anil Kumar (57) of Manalel House at Rajamudi on Thursday for breaking into the house of Vishwanathan and stealing 75 kilograms of pepper.
It is incredibly healthy and aids digestion.
This is a refreshing tea that has the incredible flavours of ginger, cardamom and pepper.
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