India: Telangana's tandur red gram receives geographical indication (GI) tag
Dried Pigeon Pea
India
Published Dec 17, 2022
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The Tandur Red Gram of Telangana has received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Now, Telangana has its sixteenth GI product registered.
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The Tandur Red Gram of Telangana has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Now, Telangana has its sixteenth GI product registered. It must be noted that on September 24, 2020, Yalal Farmers Producers Company Limited, an FPO, submitted GI Application No. 706 for the Tandur Red Gram. With this, Telangana has registered its sixteenth GI product. The GI registration procedure was facilitated by Prof. Jaya Shankar Telangana Agricultural University, who also assisted Yalal Farmers Producers Company Limited with application guidance, research, and technical data. Pigeon peas are a local crop that is mostly cultivated in Tandur and surrounding portions of the state in the rainfed regions. According to the experts, the distinctive qualities of the Tandur Red gram are responsible for the fertile, deep-black soil with clay minerals found only in Tandur Region, as well as the enormous limestone reserves. It has a protein content of around 24%, almost three times that of cereals, and is ...
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