Which is good, but Kerala is paying for it. As for myself, I’m in Ernakalum (staying in beautiful Fort Kochi), trying to introduce myself to the community of people involved with organic agriculture here. The non-stop heavy rain has made bus rides and walking pretty unpleasant, though (although I cannot complain about the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Climate’
The rains have finally come
Posted in Environment, Tourism, tagged Climate, the Hindu, Wayanad on 18 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
Trouble brews for coffee planters
Posted in News clippings, Political Economy, tagged Books, Climate on 23 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(From the Hindu)
YERCAUD: Coffee planters of Shevaroys Hills are facing problems this year.
The advanced ‘blossom showers’ have withered their hopes of having a bountiful yield, which, according to their conservative estimate, will be of a staggering loss of 40 per cent.
(The Shevaroys Hills are in Tamil Nadu, which neighbors Kerala. For a great [...]
