The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the export of India’s first ready-to-drink fig juice, made from GI-tagged Purandar Figs, to Poland.
- This event marks a significant achievement in promoting India’s unique agro-products on the global stage.
- Since the first export of fresh GI-tagged Purandar Figs to Hamburg in 2022, APEDA has worked closely with smallholder farmers.
- The product, which has been granted a provisional patent, represents a significant innovation in the agricultural sector. Figs are commonly known as Anjeer in India, are the pear-shaped false fruits of the fig tree Ficus carica of the mulberry family (Moraceae).
- Figs can be eaten fresh or dried or processed into jam, rolls, biscuits, and other types of desserts.
- The Purandar Figs (Maharashtra) having a GI status are indeed great, but due to their high perishability, they present certain challenges.
- Turkey is the world’s leading fig producer, harvesting an estimated 350000 metric tonnes annually.
