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Fading Aroma of Black Cardamom: A $480 million market may bloom while India's 'black gold' wilts

· 11 October 2026 · 2 min read
Fading Aroma of Black Cardamom: A $480 million market may bloom while India's 'black gold' wilts

The Economic Times has reported a new India-focused foreign affairs development: “Fading Aroma of Black Cardamom: A $480 million market may bloom while India's 'black gold' wilts.” The publisher's feed describes the story as follows: India’s large black cardamom industry is battling declining plantation health, crop diseases and climate change, threatening farmers’ livelihoods in Sikkim. Once the world’s largest producer, India has lost ground to Nepal, which now dominates global production. Th

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