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White arecanut price soars 82% to all-time high of ₹500 a kg February 10, 2021 Areca cooperative Campco’s initiative to buy produce during lockdown proves useful The price of the old stocks of white arecanut touched an all-time high of ₹500 a kg on Wednesday, recording a jump of more than 80 per cent in the post-lockdown market. The Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) offered a maximum of ₹500 a kg for the old stocks of white arecanut and ₹415 a kg...

White arecanut prices touch ₹500 a kg in coastal belt Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Maintaining a boom, the prices of ‘chali’ (white) variety of arecanut touched ₹500 a kg in the coastal market on Wednesday. With this, the prices of white arecanut witnessed a 25% increase in just over a month. Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO), Mangaluru offered ₹475 to ₹500 a kg for the old stocks which are called ‘chol’. The cooperative quoted...

Karnataka to get its first chocolate park Karnataka to get its first chocolate park BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Jan 13, 2021, 06:00 IST park will be close to favourite tourist spots in the area Karnataka will soon get its first official chocolate park where people can walk in to have a first-hand experience of how chocolates are made as well as have the first bite of the just-made chocolate. The chocolate park will come up at Kavu, near Puttur (Dakshina Kannada district) on the Ma...

Unseasonal rain hits arecanut processing Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Unseasonal rain in the coastal belt in the last week has hit processing of arecanut harvested by farmers. Arecanut growers are now sun drying the arecanut harvested since over a month. Drenching of arecanut spread over in the yards will affect the quality of produce, said Ramesh Kaintaje, an agriculturist from near Mani. Farmers sun dry arecanut harvested for between 48 days and 60 days. If a majority of farmers have ...