Kalonji seeds, harvested from the fruits of the Nigella sativa plant, are also called black onion seeds or black caraway seeds in some parts of the world. Due to the fact that these seeds are rich in ...

The prize, given by “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority” under the Union agriculture ministry, carries a ₹10 lakh cash reward and a citation Farmers from Shang village in ...

The Kala Jeera rice of Koraput district that received the GI tag recently has been sent to the Jagannath Temple in Puri for making Mahaprasad. A team comprising 12 tribal women headed for Puri on ...

The Jeypore-based MSSRF has opposed the GI tag alleging that once the applicant company gains exclusive rights to cultivate and market Kala Jeera rice, poor tribal farmers in the district would find ...

Koraput: ’Kala jeera’ rice of Koraput, which received the GI tag on Wednesday, will soon become an integral part of the temple’s Mahaprasad. The Jaivik Shree Farmers Producers Company, which played a ...

The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) at Jeypore in Odisha has raised objection to a recent advertisement published by the Geographical Indicator (GI) authorities regarding the formal ...