*Sr. Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills.
**Research Scholars, Department of Commerce, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills.
***Sr. Assistant Professor, Department of AITS, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills.
****Sr. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills.
Botanically, large cardamom is known as Amomium subulatum. In India, it has been one of key spices with enormous medical properties being widely used in Ayurveda. It is grown widely in the sub-Himalayan hills of Sikkim, west Bengal, Uttarakand, Aruanchal Pradesh, Nepal and Bhutan. It is one of the main cash crops of Kaman and Tawra Mishmis of Anjaw district in Arunachal Pradesh. Commercialization of this spice has touched state of supremacy especially in Goiliang, Chaglagam, Hawai and Manchal circles of the Anjaw district. Having taken full scale advantage of conducive climate, the study district has registered annual production of large cardamom over 155.09 metric ton yielding revenue of 7 crores during 2011–12.
Rapid commercialization of large cardamom has triggered fast socio-economic transformation in the Anjaw district. With this background, the present paper makes an attempt to study commercial cultivation of large cardamom in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. Further, it also endeavors to provide general profile of large cardamom cultivators of Anjaw district to provoke further researches to set in motion.
Arunachal Pradesh, Anjaw, Mishmi, Large Cardamom
