sustainable chilli projet in india
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Sustainable dry chilli cultivation by network of 1500 small family farms guided by Jeypee Farm and supported by sustainable initiative of Garden Valley Export Corporation is first of the kind in India to be captured digitally in real time.TRANSCRIPT
Andhra Pradesh is the citadel of chilli cultivation in Indiaand to be more explicit, the world's largest chilliproducing tract.The chillimarket ofGuntur is the world'slargest single agriculture commodity market. As a majorcrop, India produces over 13 lakhs tonnes of chilliesfrom over eight lakh hectares and exports less than threelakh tonnes to different world markets. Alongside theprincipal tract ofAndhra Pradesh, there are other regionsin Kamataka, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh whichare also contributing substantially to the production ofchillies quantitatively and qualitatively.
R. PalaneeswarJeypee Biotechs, Coimbatore
[email protected], Mob: 9443142328
N. SundaresanSenior Field Officer, Spices Board, Udumbanchola
S. Senthil KumaranField Officer, Spices Board, Pooppara
On account of the complexities in international qualityrequirements ofthis red spice, production and export isall that not easy. Casual approaches in production,processing and exports cannot sustain the crop andbusiness any more. This has necessitated consciousinterventions in the growing areas and that too byexporting companies who wanted to source the righttype of chillies at the right time at the right quality
4 May 2014
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specifications.The issuesrelating to Aflatoxin andother Mycotoxins, illegaldyes, pesticide residuesand hygiene arecompelling compulsoryfactors to tighten thesupply chain for a foolproof mechanism insourcing and ensuringtraceability. The Statesof Andhra Pradesh andMadhya Pradesh onaccount of its vast areashas been the focal pointfor backward linkages offarms. Almost all theleading spicesprocessingand exporting houseshave their established
networks in the growing tracts.
When the planned and systematic approaches byexporting companies for sourcing quality chillies happenin the prominent chilli growing states ofAndhraPradeshand Madhya Pradesh, the State ofTamil Nadu was leftout in the ambit. The State has remained more or lessoutside the focus of such operations. Cultivation of
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