Idukki now accounts for 60% of the pepper production from the state. Indian pepper output has dipped drastically from a range of 75,000 to 100,000 tonnes to the current levels of around 55,000 tonnes because of disease and declining yields…READ MORE
India as the largest pepper producer in a short time and is now the largest exporter of the spice. Experts said that a multi-crop planting policy in Kerala and Tamil Nadu is a major reason for the fall in India’s pepper production…READ MORE
INTERNATIONAL black pepper prices have shown further gains of late as the increasingly tight global stocks situation takes its toll on the market. The supply situation in all the origins is not that great. India is having its domestic demand and has limited stocks…READ MORE