The J&K Department of Agriculture Production will apply for Geographical indications tag to 18 agricultural products from various regions of Jammu and Kashmir. Products that will be applied for this month are Ambri and Maharaji apples, Naak tang pears, Repora grapes, walnuts, red rice, shallots, Kashmiri long chilli, Lotus stem, water chestnut, Kashmiri haakh, Gushtaba, Tabakhmaaz, dried fish (Hogaad), Gurez Rajmash (kidney beans, pine nuts (Chilgoza), Phari (smoked fish) and Moth (Poonchi).
Additional Chief Secretary, J&K Government Atal Dulloo said that the department was taking proactive steps in increasing the production of indigenous crops as well as securing the identity of products that have a distinction from the region.
Source: greaterkashmir.com