On the back of supply shortage and high demand from the domestic market, India's pepper futures in National Commodity and Derivative Exchange (NCDEX) rose 2.44% during the last one week (11th May to 18th May 2012), While other spices dropped on lower demand.
With the rising domestic and export demand amid production drop, the cardamom futures in the India's Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) surged on Friday.
India to conduct special campaign over Indian spices during the upcoming London Olympics to provide a better global exposure to the variety of spices products produced in the country.
Lakshmi bents forward for us to climb, dutifully obeying the commands of the mahout, and is eager to start her daily route through the pepper and coffee plantations spread over 2 kilometres. We are about to embark on a journey that gives an enchanting experience- the aroma of coffee and the beauty of pepper vines that stretch endlessly in Kerala’s Idukki district.
