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GI tag for cashew nuts to put Goa on global culinary map.
Nov 23, 2023

The geographical indication (GI) tag to the locally grown Goan cashew nuts could help prevent nuts imported from Africa from being sold as Goan cashews, said culinary industry experts ahead of National Cashew Day on November 23. The GI status will help carve out a special, marketable identity for the popular Goan nuts, they said.
Amey Naik, the joint secretary of the National Restaurant Association of India, Goa chapter, said that the GI tag for cashew nuts can bring the state the same level of global recognition that tequila brought to Mexico.
 
'Cashew nuts are used as the main ingredients in traditional preparations such as bibiyacho pulao (tender cashew nut pulao) and caju bibiyachem xacuti (tender cashew nut xacuti),' he said.
Chef Syam Raj, the faculty chef at Kamaxi College of Culinary Arts, said that the buzz around Goan cashew nuts’ GI status presents an opportunity to press for the incorporation of indigenous crops into culinary school syllabi. 'It will inspire chefs to garner a deeper appreciation for local ingredients,' he said.
 
Director for agriculture Nevil Alphonso said the productivity of the cashew crop in Goa is 453 kg per hectare and 56,934 hectares of land is under cashew cultivation, producing about 25,800 metric tonnes of cashews annually.
 
Now, with the GI tag rendering a special status to the Goan cashew nut, the need of the hour is to introduce schemes that prioritise cashew farmers, as cultivation is a year-long labour of love, he said.
 
    
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