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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 ₹375 to ₹415 a kg for ‘hosa adike’ (new stocks) of arecanut being harvested since past thre...

Creating board for arecanut is not a priority, says Centre Updated: Updated: Arecanut production in State grows by 95% in last 5 years Share Article AAA Karnataka, Assam, Kerala, Tripura, Meghalaya, and West Bengal are the major producers of arecanut in the country.   Arecanut production in State grows by 95% in last 5 years The Union government has said that creating a separate board for arecanut is not a priority for it. At the same time it has said that arecanut production in Karnataka, which contributes about 75% to the domestic production, witnessed a growth of 95% during the last fi...

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 now completed the first harvest, a few farmers have even completed the second harvest and are sun dr...