Cardamom
India is one of the
largest producer and exporter of cardamom
around the world. The total area under cardamom
is 73,725 hectares and annual production is
a little over 11,000 metric tonnes. At Tata
Coffee, a major portion of cardamom (around
143 Ha.) is cultivated at the Valparai estate
in Tamil Nadu. The remaining area of about
73 Ha. is cultivated in the valley of coffee
estates in Coorg, Hassan and Chikmagalur districts.
The annual production is about 40 tonnes.
Cardamom grades:
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Green
8 mm |
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Green
7 mm |
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White
8 mm |
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White
7 mm |
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Lower
grades like splits and lights |
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Vanilla
The total area of Vanilla cultivation in
the world is 40,846 hectares and production
is 5,500 tonnes. In India, Vanilla is cultivated
in about 1,600 hectares with production
of 60 tonnes.
Vanilla is grown as an
intercrop with coffee on the Tata Coffee
Estates, where it grows by climbing over
the existing shade trees in the plantation.
The present population is 75,000 vines with
annual production of 900 kilograms of green
and the number is programmed to increase
further. The quality of Tata Coffee's Vanilla
is reported to be good with a Vanillin content
of 2.1 - 2.5 per cent.
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