And fruit trees like mango and jack. Therefore scientific cropping patterns suitable for the agro-ecological situation is to be recommended. The marketing of coffee was fully regulated by the Coffee Board till 1992 and the entire coffee grown in the district had to be pooled to the Board. Those growers with more than 10 hectares of coffee plantation were obliged to provide 60 percent of their produces to the Coffee Board. But Government of India recently announced the abolition of the pooling system for coffee altogether from 14th September 1996 and coffee growers are now free to market either in the domestic market or export.
Pepper is marketed mainly as dried berries.
The different agencies engaged in the marketing of the produce are hill produce merchants, marketing societies, commition agents and exporters. Being an export-oriented commodity, pepper prices show frequent fluctuations depending on the international prices prevailing for the commodity from time to time. Ginger is mainly marketed as green ginger. Cardamom is sold at auction centres. The traders are licensed by the Spices Board and they participate in the different marketing centres for auction.