Friday, July 10, 2009

India: PTI Farmers dump banana cultivation in central TN

July 10, 2009 - Yahoo India

The poor man''s fruit banana is falling out of farmers'' favour in central Tamil Nadu as many banana cultivators find it a less lucrative crop and are switching over to paddy and sugarcane. Higher labour and input costs, shortage of farm labourers, remunerative prices and susceptibility of the crop to natural calamities have made banana cultivation a less attractive option, farmers say. In the last few years paddy ... read more...

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