Best Practices & Agro-Ecology
F&B / FMCG
India’s Cardamom Hills After a Failed Monsoon: What Natural Farming Evidence Supports, and What Spice Buyers Should Pay For
Idukki’s monsoon rainfall ran more than 55 percent short by mid-July, and the Spices Board confirmed an expected drop in the 2026–27 crop. India’s natural-farming mission has enrolled 18.19 lakh farmers, yet none of the cited evidence tests it on cardamom. Q4 2026; 90 days to the EUDR clock for large and medium operators, which does not cover spices.