To help maintain high quality and raise awareness, five kinds of Indian coffee have newly won the GI label.

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The Ministry of Industry and Internal Trade Promotion has currently awarded five geographical indications or geographical indication tags (GI,geographical indication, the name of the product and its geographical indications) for Indian coffee.

The five varieties are:

1. Coorg Arabica Coffee-especially coffee grown in the Kodagu district of Karnataka.

2. Chikmagalur Arabica Coffee-especially coffee grown in the Chikmagalur area, which is located on the Deccan plateau and belongs to the Malnad region of Karnataka.

3. Wayanaad Robusta Coffee-especially coffee grown in the Wayanard region in eastern Kerala.

4. Araku Valley Arabica Coffee-Coffee from the hills of the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh&Odisha.

5. Bababudangiris Arabica Coffee-especially coffee grown in the birthplace of Indian coffee, is located in the heart of the Chikmagalur district. This kind of coffee, also known as high and low coffee, grows slowly in a mild climate, so coffee beans have a special flavor and aroma.

Earlier, Monsoon Malaba Coffee, which was certified by geographical indications, was a unique boutique coffee from India.

India has a coffee planting area of about 4.54 million hectares, with more than 36600 farmers growing coffee, 98 per cent of whom are small farmers. It is worth mentioning that coffee cultivation is mainly carried out in southern Indian states, such as:

1. Karnataka-54%

two。 Kerala-19%

3. Tamil Nadu-8%

Coffee is also grown in non-traditional areas such as Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (17.2%) and the north-east (1.8%).

India is the only country in the world that produces coffee in the shade, picked by hand and dried in the sun. Some of the quality coffee produced in the country is grown by tribal farmers in the Gaozhi Mountains in the east and west. Indian coffee is highly valued in the international market and sold as high-quality coffee in Europe.

The recognition and protection brought about by geographical indication certification will enable Indian coffee producers to invest in maintaining the specific quality of coffee grown in that particular region. In addition, it will increase the global visibility of Indian coffee and make coffee farmers more profitable.

The article was translated from: krishijagran,Abha Toppo