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Not a bed of flowers

BAD TIMES: Heliconia harvesting in progress at a floriculture farm near Kochi. Archaic planting material, low quality and quantity of flowers and stiff competition from African countries have literally crippled the domestic floriculture industry. Exp ort from the country is to the tune of about Rs.305 crore. — Photo: K.K. Mustafah

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Shriram Bharath is MD of CIAL

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