date:Aug 18, 2015
and export, at present the largest producers of small cardamom are Guatemala and India while the smaller producers include Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, El Salvador, Lao PDR and Vietnam. Guatemala produces around 23000MT cardamom annually while Indian production is now pegged around 11500MT.Tanzania produces on an average 600MT per year. At present the area under cultivation in Sri Lanka is approximately 5400 hectares with about 700 MT production. The crop is now getting popular in virg