Nipah scare leaves exotic fruit farmers worried
The Hindu
They fear demand for fruits in northern India may be hit
Is there any link between the Nipah outbreak and the farmers engaged in exotic fruit cultivation such as rambutan? Farmers in hilly regions fear that the demand for fruits in northern India may be hit by rumours that the boy who succumbed to Nipah in Kozhikode had reportedly consumed a bat-bitten rambutan fruit. Though the harvest of exotic fruits is over in the plains, it has just begun in hilly areas such as Wayanad and Idukki. Many farmers took to fruit cultivation after issues with cash cropssuch as pepper and a fall in price of rubber, coffee, and tea.More Related News
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