To combat the summer heat, farmers are using green nets and collecting water from streams and ponds. However, without summer ...

Black cardamom was first planted in the Hoang Lien Mountains in the 1990s as a replacement for opium, a banned crop that once helped prop up Indochina’s colonial economy. The national park ...

Native to India, Burma, and Sri Lanka, cardamom has been used for centuries to flavor both sweet and savory dishes including beverages, curries, and baked goods. Because the crop must be hand ...

Despite its price touching a five-year high, the small scale cardamom planters in Idukki, which constitutes 70-90% of the ...

Agriculture: The farmers of Dorona gewog in Dagana prefer growing cash crops over vegetables. Most farmers grow citrus and cardamom. The 12 households from Nimtola chiwog sold 2,800kgs of dry cardamom ...