{"id":284888,"date":"2024-02-28T18:19:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T12:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=284888"},"modified":"2024-02-28T18:19:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T12:49:12","slug":"flue-cured-tobacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/flue-cured-tobacco\/","title":{"rendered":"Flue Cured Tobacco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>\u2013 This post on Flue Cured Tobacco<\/strong> is based on the article \u201cGovernment of India approves interest-free Loan to FCV Tobacco Growers in Andhra Pradesh\u201d published in \u201cPIB<\/b>\u201d on 26 February 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Government of India recently approved an interest-free Loan to FCV Tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n

About Flue Cured Tobacco<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Flue-cured
virgotobacco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1) About:<\/strong> Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) Tobacco is a type of tobacco that undergoes a specific curing process to achieve its desirable qualities.<\/p>\n

2) Characteristics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) FCV tobacco is primarily used for cigarette production.<\/p>\n

b) It contains a higher sugar content.<\/p>\n

c) It has medium to high levels of nicotine.<\/p>\n

d) It is rich in natural tannins which contributes to its mild and slightly sweet flavour and aroma.<\/p>\n

3) Appearance: <\/strong>It is yellow to orange in colour. These<\/span><\/span> colour appear when it is dried using a process called flu-curing.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) Curing Process:<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) Curing is the process by which harvested tobacco leaves are prepared for the market. In the case of FCV tobacco, this process is well-standardized.<\/p>\n

b) The primary goal of curing<\/span> is to achieve specific qualities in the cured leaf while removing excess moisture.<\/p>\n

c) There are three traditional methods of tobacco curing:<\/span>
\ni) Air-Cured: <\/span>Leaves are dried naturally in the open air.
\nii) Fire-Cured:<\/span> Leaves are exposed to smoke and heat during the drying process.
\nii) Flue-Cured:<\/span> <\/span>This method is used for FCV tobacco. Each curing method results in a tobacco product with distinct characteristics based on nicotine content and aroma.<\/p>\n

5) Key Geographical Production: <\/strong><\/span>In India, FCV tobacco is mainly produced in two states: a) Andhra Pradesh and b) Karnataka.
\n<\/span>It is also produced in Bangladesh, in regions of Kushtia, Chittagong and Rangpur.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus- Miscellaneous<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source\u2013 This post on Flue Cured Tobacco is based on the article \u201cGovernment of India approves interest-free Loan to FCV Tobacco Growers in Andhra Pradesh\u201d published in \u201cPIB\u201d on 26 February 2024. Why in the News? The Government of India recently approved an interest-free Loan to FCV Tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh. About Flue Cured… Continue reading Flue Cured Tobacco<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-284888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284888","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}