Current Affairs Miscellaneous

Arecanut Gets Its First GI Tag For ‘Sirsi Supari’

Category : Miscellaneous

 The Registrar of Geographical Indications, Government of India, accorded a GI tag, ‘Sirsi Supari’, to arecanut grown in Sirsi, Siddpaur and Yellapur taluks of Uttara Kannadadistrict in Karnataka. The Totagars’ Cooperative Sale Society (TSS) Ltd, a Sirsi-based agri cooperative, is the registered proprietor of the GI ‘Sirsi Supari’. Grown on an area of around 40,000 acres,the annual production of ‘Sirsi Supari’ is estimated to be around 40,000 tonnes.
Source: The Hindu Business Line


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