Elanthoor: Once known primarily for its paddy fields, Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta is scripting an agricultural success story through tapioca cultivation. As farmers move away from loss-making rice ...

Perambalur district is seeing a major shift in cropping patterns as prolonged water scarcity has forced farmers to try alternative crops. PERAMABALUR: Perambalur district is seeing a major shift in ...

Cultivation of tapioca, one of the major horticultural crops which ensure sustained livelihood to a large number of tribal farmers, has been brisk on the Pachamalai, about 90 km from here. Every year, ...

The lush green tapioca plants standing in the three-acre plot of Rajendran, a farmer in Ammampalayam, Attur in Salem district, points to a crisis in the making. SALEM: The lush green tapioca plants ...

SALEM: Tapioca farmers in the hill regions of Salem are facing difficulties during the ongoing harvest season, with inadequate rainfall and dry soil making it difficult to uproot the tubers and ...

The price of tapioca products, sago (sabudana) and starch, increased by 15-20% in the past one month due to poor arrivals as farmers could not harvest tapioca roots. Harvesting suffered because of ...

The lush green cassava leaves that grow in abundance within the Mahatma Gandhi University campus tell the tale of a farming initiative that may change the game for tapioca cultivation across the ...

COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has predicted that prices of Tapioca will be stable during October to November, and advised farmers to take up sowing. "At present, Tapioca price is ...

Cassava cultivation in Kerala has been hit due to price volatility and import of cassava starch from Vietnam and Thailand. According to latest estimates, the area under the crop has dropped by 35 per ...

The humble tapioca or cassava, which once used to be a part of staple diet in Kerala, is now much in demand not just among the local people but tourists - Indian and foreign - who relish the root ...