PHOTO: NYTIMES[KUNRI, Pakistan] Pakistan is one of the world’s top producers of red chilli peppers, and the small town of Kunri is its red chilli capital. Kunri accounts for more than 85% of Pakistan’s red chilli production. The region accounts for more than 85 per cent of Pakistan’s red chilli production. “Whenever the government said it would open a centre, nothing happened,” said Muhammad Saleem, a chilli broker at the Kunri market. Faced with declining yields, higher fertiliser costs and persistent irrigation challenges, many red chilli farmers in Kunri have begun to diversify.