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(December 1) – Pepper production in India is currently not keeping up with growing demand because of the fluctuations of weather that affect production year after year, according to Business Line.
The next crop in 2016, according to the Indian Spice Board's forecast, is 53,000 tons compared to an estimate in 2015 of 63,000 tons. However, traders said that in 2016 only about 45,000 – 50,000 tons.
The International Pepper Community (IPC), at the 2015 Annual Meeting held in Mysuru – Karnataka earlier this week, estimated 2015 global pepper production of 407,155 tons and forecasts 2016 production. about 413,710 tons.
Speaking with BusinessLine, Kishor Shamji, one of the exporters participating in the conference, said that Indian pepper production did not keep up with demand, which led to tight inventories.
The general idea of the conference was that global pepper consumption increased by 4% while production growth was estimated at only about 2% per year.
If in 2014 India had 9,598 tons of pepper was transferred, then the next year there will be 8,598 tons and the forecast for 2016 plummeted to only 2,593 tons, K. Shhamji emphasized.
Current consumption of India is estimated to increase more than 6% per year. The masala spice industry has sprung up like mushrooms, the fast food segment has also increased the use of processed pepper, etc., which is boosting demand for domestic black pepper.
Although the Spices Board has forecast domestic sales of 49,000 tons in 2016, trade is forecast to be more than 52,000 tons.
To meet development needs, pepper yields in India have been improved through modern scientific cultivation methods similar to those in Vietnam, some participants at the Conference said.
They said an energetic farmer in Sakhleshpur (Karnataka), after visiting pepper gardens in Vietnam, built a 2,800 posts peasant farm on an area of 5 acres. Pepper wires are climbed on concrete poles Drip irrigation systems are also installed to irrigate irrigation when necessary. If so many gardens are set up that could help improve pepper production in the coming years, Hemant, another exporter, said.
The production of Karnataka state in 2015 is estimated at 35,000 tons while the Spices Board is expected for 2016 at 25,000 tons. Kerala production is expected at 20,000 tons, Tamil Nadu and others will be around 8,000 tons.
Source English (giacaphe.vn)
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