Date:30/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/30/stories/2008033056971900.htm

Business

Upgrading cardamom quality

— PHOTO: K. K. Mustafah

RISE IN OUTPUT: Graded cardamom kept for sale in a retail outlet in Kochi. The extended summer rain over Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has boosted cardamom plants, resulting in the sprouting of healthy panicles and tillers and the total output next season is expected to increase by 30 per cent.