date:Jan 24, 2019
The Kerala State Horticultural Development Corporation Pineapple will start buying up pineapples, with a view to help farmers who are facing a record fall in price of the fruit due to a glut in the market.
Sources at the Vazhakkulam, Agro and Fruit Processing Company -jointly owned by the state government, Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam and farmers- said that so far about 45 tons had been procured after an intervention was made by the State Department of Agriculture.
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