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Heavy pesticide use puts Keralams cardamom ecosystem under pressure

As growers face a year-round harvest cycle driven by warming temperatures, they mix up to five or six different products, including insecticides, fungicides, micronutrients, and growth promoters, into a single tank. Experts warn that such tank cocktails can actually weaken cardamom plants, increase their disease risk, harms essential pollinators.

31 Oct 2026 5:09 pm