Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Nutmeg farmers of the district, especially those in the Angamaly/Kalady belt, which is a major nutmeg producing region in the state [of Kerala], are in severe crisis due to a massive phytophthora fungal attack drastically ruining their crop. Experts and farmer organisations estimate that there will be at least 35 percent dip in the total yield this time.
Since marginal and small farmers constitute the majority of the nutmeg farming community for whom it is the single source of income, the
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