date:May 22, 2019
Around 30,000 mango and chikoo growing farmers from Navsari and Valsad are hopeful of exporting their produce from next season under the brand names of Almsadi Chikoo and Navsari Kesar. Navsari -Valsad Fruit Marketing Cooperative Federation (NVFMCF) has initiated the move to get Geographical Indications tags for these fruits.
Vinod Desai, an agro project consultant in Navsari, said, The GI registration acknowledges the distinct identity of a local fruit. Like Ratnagiri Alphonso and Gir Kesar, o