Context:
- Aimed at enhancing crop yield by utilizing existing resources also through innovations, Harrisons Malayalam Ltd is set to introduce modern farming practices and diversification in its tea plantations.
Key Highlights:
- The initiative hopes to increase crop production while addressing the added challenge of costlier production and less remunerative prices of the produce for farmers.
- Strategic initiatives include investments in alternate crops and modernization of traditional agricultural practices.
Harrisons Malayalam LTD is an Indian agricultural business corporation, and a part of the RPG Group
- Headquarter:
- Kochi, Kerala
- HML is in pilot testing and trials on satellite-based weather prediction models and pest and disease detection models.
- It is among largest tea producers in South India and cultivator of natural rubber and pineapple.
