Pokkali Rice
Context Due to severe seawater incursion (after cyclone Amphan) into paddy fields, farmers in South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal are betting on bringing pokkali variety of rice from…
GI Tags in News: Kashmir Saffron
Context Recently, the Central Government issued certification of geographical indication (GI) for saffron grown in Kashmir Valley. It thus becoming the eighth product of Jammu and Kashmir to get GI…
GI Tags in News: Basmati Rice
Context Following Madhya Pradesh (MP) government’s pressure on the central government for seeking Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Basmati produced in 13 districts of MP, the All India Rice Exporters’…