date:Dec 11, 2019
ent year. Due to the cascading effect of the cyclone, which played havoc in the rain fed irrigation areas such as Marungulam, Pudupatti in the border of Thanjavur-Pudukottai district, the growers planted fresh saplings only in December 2018-January 2019.
This means that banana bunches in these areas have come for harvest by September-October 2019, the normal period for arrivals from the Cauvery-irrigated areas too. Hence, flooding of the markets by the poovan variety has pulled down the price t