{"id":113417,"date":"2021-06-18T17:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T12:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=113417"},"modified":"2021-06-18T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T12:14:15","slug":"india-starts-exporting-gi-certified-jalgaon-banana-to-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-starts-exporting-gi-certified-jalgaon-banana-to-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"India starts exporting GI-certified &#8220;Jalgaon banana&#8221; to Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>In a major boost to India&#8217;s exports of <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/protection-of-geographical-indications-from-infringement\/\">Geographical Indications<\/a>(GI) certified agricultural produce, a consignment of fibre and mineral-rich \u2018Jalgaon Banana\u2019 has been shipped to Dubai.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About Jalgaon Banana:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jalgaon <\/strong>is known as the \u2018banana hub\u2019 of Maharashtra. It accounts for about 50% of the State\u2019s banana plantation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In 2016, <\/strong>the Jalgaon Banana got the Geographical Indication(GI) Tag certification.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The quality of Banana <\/strong>from the Jalgaon is different because of the proximity to the Tapi river.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The minerals and fibres<\/strong> in the Jalgaon Banana lend it a unique quality, which makes the Jalgaon soil unique for banana cultivation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Banana Cultivation in India:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India <\/strong>is the world\u2019s leading producer of bananas, with a share of around 25% in total output.<\/li>\n<li><strong>States<\/strong>: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh contribute more than 70% of the country\u2019s banana production.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Export of Banana: <\/strong>Despite being a leading producer of banana, India\u2019s share is just 0.1% in the export market.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s banana exports <\/strong>grew both in terms of volume as well as value from 1.34 lakh metric tonne in 2018-19 to 1.95 lakh metric tonne in 2019-20<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moreover, <\/strong>India\u2019s banana export has been rising sharply recently because of the adoption of farm practices in line with global standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Read Also :-<a class=\"seoquake-params-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/growth-scope-for-indian-textile-industry\/\" rel=\"613bd565 x_url\">Growth scope for Indian Textile Industry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1727440\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? In a major boost to India&#8217;s exports of Geographical Indications(GI) certified agricultural produce, a consignment of fibre and mineral-rich \u2018Jalgaon Banana\u2019 has been shipped to Dubai. About Jalgaon Banana: Jalgaon is known as the \u2018banana hub\u2019 of Maharashtra. It accounts for about 50% of the State\u2019s banana plantation. In 2016, the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-starts-exporting-gi-certified-jalgaon-banana-to-dubai\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India starts exporting GI-certified &#8220;Jalgaon banana&#8221; to Dubai<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1351,1310,7965,9],"tags":[1427],"class_list":["post-113417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-agri_4","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700775257,"cached_date":1704828867},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}