‘Accelerating Quality Production, Post-Harvesting, Value Addition & Export of Coriander from India’: World of Coriander webinar
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Agriculture
In news
Recently, the World of Coriander webinar ‘Accelerating Quality Production, Post-Harvesting, Value Addition & Export of Coriander from India’ was organized.
Organized by: The Spices Board of India and DBT-SABC Biotech Kisan Hub in collaboration with ICAR-NRCSS, RSAMB and Kota Agriculture University
Key takeaways
The Hadoti region of South-East Rajasthan and Guna district of Madhya Pradesh are known for coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) production and contributes major share in coriander export from the country.
Ramganj APMC Mandi located at Kota district is the largest coriander mandi in Asia, and thus Ramganj is also known as the ‘Coriander city’.
Recently, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) has assigned ‘Coriander’ to the district of Kota in the list of One District One Product (ODOP).
Do you know?
Coriander is a spice produced from the round, tan-colored seeds of the coriander plant (Coriandrum sativum).
All parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds (as a spice) are the parts most traditionally used in cooking.
It is also known as Chinese parsley, dhania or cilantro.
