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Abstract
India is endowed with a rich diversity and excellent collection of spices having original quality. The centre of origin of two major spices, viz., Black Pepper and Cardamom are the richest species of India. The country has infrastructure for research and development of spices like Indian Cardamom Research Institute (Spices Board), Indian Institute of Spices Research, Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development, State Agricultural Universities etc. Value addition in spice industry is well developed in the country. The organic spices market is also showing desirable annual growth rate. There is an expanding global organic market for it.