Name : Menuwin Thomas
District & State : Idukki, Kerala
Category : Agricultural (General)
Award : Consolation
Award Function : 8th National Grassroots Innovation Awards
Award Year : 2015
Innovation Description
Salient Features
The Arjun variety of cardamom is a very suitable one for cultivation at high elevation area of about 3000 ft from sea level. It gives a dry yield of about 2000-3000kg/hectare. The variety is resistant to thrips and stem borer. About fifty percentage of the capsules exhibits comparatively bigger size (10 mm length and 8 mm width) and the recovery percentage is also high.