Climate change is impacting the gap between two harvests of cardamom, one of the major crops grown in the district.
The average gap between the harvest of cardamom is usually 55 to 60 days, but now this has increased to 85 to 90 days. Scientists point towards climate change as the cause for this delay in harvest.
According to farmers, the crop season was delayed due to the absence of a proper southwest monsoon rain. After the active northeast monsoon, the crops began to grow on the plantations.
