Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh):With the Malihabadi Dashehari mango getting the GI tag more than a decade ago, the city-based Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture has now initiated the process for obtaining Geographical Indication tag for Gaurjit, Banarsi Langrha, Chausa and Rataul mango varieties.
Once the varieties get the GI tag, producers of these mangoes are likely to fetch a good price and farmers of other regions cannot market their fruits by misusing the name.
"After significantly contributing for the GI tag for Malihabadi Dashehari, Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH), in collaboration with the Mandi Parishad of Uttar Pradesh has initiated the process for obtaining GI tag for Gaurjit, Banarsi Langrha, Chausa and Rataul. GI tag for Langrha and Chausa will help in developing a good market for these special mangoes from Uttar Pradesh.
"It will also be possible to get a good price for the producers of these mangoes by getting a special geographical identity and other producers cannot market their fruits by misusing the name," Shailendra Rajan, director, ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow said in a statement.
Malihabadi Dashehari mango got the GI tag in September 2009.
Many Indian mangoes have GI tags. Alphonso of Ratnagiri, Kesar of Gir (Gujarat) and Marathwada, Bangnapalli in Andhra Pradesh, Zardalu of Bhagalpur, Appamidi of Karnataka, Himsagar of Malda (West Bengal), Laxman Bhog and Fazli, among others, have attained this distinction, he said.
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