Farmers to be dissuaded from cultivating ginger
The Hindu
This is consequent to the crash in price of the crop
Farmers in Mysuru district will be dissuaded against cultivating ginger and encouraged to shift to horticultural crops or sericulture.
This is consequent to the crash in ginger price due to glut in production besides the realisation among the authorities of the environmental impact of ginger cultivation. The production entails heavy usage of chemical fertilizers and pesticides which reduces the yield and fertility of the soil.
Ginger is generally cultivated on a contract basis by farmers with deep pockets from Kerala on leased land in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Shivamogga and other places.
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