Andhra Pradesh’s ‘Banganapalle’ mango has made the state proud. Banaganapalle’ mango got famous Geographical Indication (GI) Tag. The geographical indications registry in Chennai has accorded the GI tag to Banganapalle’ mango following an application from the horticulture of Andhra Pradesh to the geographical indications registry. OP Gupta, the Registrar of Geographical Indications Registry, Chennai, has approved the same confirming GI tag to Banganapalle mango. With this, Andhra Pradesh has become the registered proprietor of this variety of fruit. For beginners, a ‘GI’ tag indicates that the product comes from a specific region.
Called as the King of Fruits, Mango has several varieties. However, Banganapalle shows its dominance due to its sweetness and a great demand from mango lovers. Another unique feature of Banganapalle mango is that it can retain their quality under cold storage even up to three months.
Primarily raised in Kurnool district, including Banganapalle, Paanyam and Nandyal mandal, the agroclimatic and geographical conditions prevailing in Banganapalle and adjoining areas gave the fruit its unique characteristics, AP said in its application submitted by the horticulture.
Also known as Banaganapalli, Banginapalli, Banaganapalle, Banganapalle mangoes have been grown for over 100 years in Andhra Pradesh. The fruit is called as Beneshan, Baneshan, Benishan, Chappatai and Safeda in various parts.
Commercially too it has a great significance. An estimated 24.35 lakh metric tonnes of mangoes were grown every year in Andhra Pradesh and approximatley 7,68,250 families of farmers and traders were engaged in the profession
About 5,500 tonnes of Banganappalle variety of mangoes were being exported annually to countries like the US and UK.
Now, the ‘GI’ tag helps farmers or manufacturers, as the case may be, to get a better price in the market.
