Soaring paddy prices and shortages have pushed many of the small and medium size rice mill owners to take up alternative businesses like pepper cultivation. The continuing drought condition in paddy- growing districts has aggravated the situation. Here pepper is being dried in the premises of what was once a mill. Pic by Karunaratne Gamage

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Soaring paddy prices and shortages have pushed many of the small and medium size rice mill owners to take up alternative businesses like pepper cultivation. The continuing drought condition in paddy- growing districts has aggravated the situation. Here pepper is being dried in the premises of what was once a mill. Pic by Karunaratne Gamage

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