Cardamom prices remain firm

November 28, 2005 By:

INDIAN spice traders are predicting that cardamom prices in the country will remain firm over the coming weeks, despite new crop arrivals reaching auction centres, as Guatemala’s forthcoming 2005/06 crop is expected to be lower following heavy rain and landslides. Traders in India reported that, for the week ending November 19, average prices rose to […]

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Farmers make Spices Board complaint

November 8, 2005 By:

INDIAN farmers have asked the government to scrap the Spices Board Act, 1986 and restructure the Spices Board by including growers and processors. Chengal Reddy, chairman of the Andhra Pradesh-based Federation of Farmers Associations, has written to the India’s prime minister listing failures of the Spices Board to encourage production and exports. He said that […]

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