date:Jan 06, 2016
The prices of Vazhakulam pineapples have been falling for weeks in Kerala and farmers and retailers maintain that the main reason for this is the declining prices of oranges, following the heavy continuous arrivals of the fruit from other States.
Kerala is one of the largest producers of the tropical fruit in the country. On Monday 4 January, the special green variety of the Geographic Indication (GI)-tagged Vazhakulam pineapple, which is usually bought by traders and fruit processors from othe