Cropping systems for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Abstract

A brief account is given of the cultivation of cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, including its propagation, pests and diseases, harvesting of the shoots for bark, and economics. The crop is grown both as a monoculture and in multi-tier cropping cropping systems with coconut, coffee and pepper; the latter are very lucrative.