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Tirur betel leaves growers seek Centre’s support to promote it overseas April 15, 2021 × Growers’ body urges govt to include the GI-tagged commodity in the trade promotion campaigns in both domestic and international fora Tirur betel leaf farmers have approached the Centre with a request to take some initiatives to enable further value-addition for the GI-tagged Tirur Vettila in view of its medicinal properties. This would open up new opportunities for the product in overseas markets, Tirur Betel Leaf Producers Society has said. To leverage the benefit of the GI tag, the Society has urg...

HUBBALLI: SSK Savaji Hotels Owners’ Association (Hubballi) has been formed to popularise Savaji food across the country and also to get GI (geographical indication) tag for the traditional Savaji food, one of the delicious and popular nonveg cuisine of north Karnataka. The association, a state-level body, has over 200 hoteliers as members now. Savaji food is popular in north Karnataka districts, mainly Belagavi, Dharwad, Gadag, Bagalkot and Koppal. Looking at it popularity and taste, many big hotels have also included Savaji food in their menu. Association president Ramu Habib said it’s...

On Sunday, a healthy food market in Madurai will help to reconnect people to their food system

Date palm jaggery is only available for select few months of the year "A trial shipment of 45 kg Of Joynagarer Moa along with 105 kg of palmyra jaggery from DM Enterprise has been stored at the central perishable centre of the Kolkata airport. It will take an early morning Emirates flight on Wednesday for the destination," Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority's Kolkata region head Sandeep Saha told PTI. The value of the consignment is around Rs 45,000. The shelf-life of the Moa is five-seven days, noted Joynagarer Moa Nirmankari Society secretary Ashok Kumar K...

GI tag sought for India’s costliest mushroom January 17, 2021 × Gucchi from J&K is an heirloom crop which retails for over ₹20,000 a kg A geographical indication (GI) tag has been sought for one of the costliest mushrooms in the world that grows in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. Locally called Gucchi, or Morel, the mushroom, priced at over ₹20,000 a kg, is a forest produce collected by local farmers and tribals. Last June, saffron from the State had been granted a GI tag. The GI tag application for Gucchi mushroom was filed at the Geographical Indication Registry recently by ...