Having known the export potential of vanilla Spices Board during IX plan took up a programme to popularize the crop in Kerala and Karnataka. As a result by the end of the plan period about 320 hectares were brought under cultivation. The programme was extended with a targeted area of 5000 hectares for the X plan. At the end of 2004-05 planting season it is estimated that about 2000 hectares have been brought under the crop.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/vanilla-still-economically-viable
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/spice-india
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vanila
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/spices
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trade
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/exports
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
