Guatemalan cardamom feels the squeeze

February 16, 2009 By:

GUATEMALAN cardamom prices have sustained sharp increases over the last few weeks due to a general scarcity of material on the market. On Monday, Andrew Barker of the trading division of UK company Natco Foods told The Public Ledger that mixed yellow quality (MYQ) cardamom of minimum 360 grams per litre had escalated to current […]

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Dry spell threatens Indian cardamom crop

February 11, 2009 By:

INDIAN cardamom growers have warned that the continuous dry spell and winds in the growing areas in Kerala, will adversely affect the plants if it goes on without any summer showers until the end of February. The water resources currently available for irrigation will last until February 20 and thereafter, “if we don’t get any […]

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