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It will increase enterprise for over-400 sago and starch models in Salem, Erode, Nammakal and Dharmapuri belts
The Salem Starch and Sago Manufacturers Service Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, popularly generally known as Sagoserve, has utilized for geographical indication (GI) tag for Salem Sago (Javvarisi).
On behalf of the society, the appliance for the GI tag was filed by P. Sanjai Gandhi, IPR Attorney and nodal officer for Geographical Indication Registration of merchandise, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Chinnaraja G. Naidu, Deputy Registrar of Geographical Indications, confirmed that an utility searching for GI tag for Salem Sago was filed this week. “Till date, we have registered 41 applications from Tamil Nadu and four applications have been advertised in the journal and awaiting clearance. Six more are pending for getting reply from the applicant. Recently, we received an application for Jaderi Namakatti,” he mentioned.
The Salem Sago is made out of moist starch powder crushed from Tapioca roots. Around 30-35% of starch content material is alleged to be discovered within the Indian Tapioca root.
If GI tag is granted for this product, it’ll increase enterprise for the farmers on this area and the over-400 sago and starch models in Salem, Erode, Nammakal and Dharmapuri belts, mentioned those that have been on this enterprise for a number of many years within the Salem area.
The Salem district makes use of virtually 35,000 hectares of land for the cultivation of tapioca and the yield stands at 25-30 tonnes per hectare. Sago has low calorific worth (310 kcal/100g) and its dimension usually ranges from 2 to 4.5 mm. One kg tapioca sago might be produced from 5kg of tapioca tubers.
Details furnished by Mr. Gandhi within the utility present that in 1943, an individual named Manickam Chettiar from Salem who was cultivating tapioca discovered that its flour can be utilized to make sago. This is how the journey of sago started. With the assistance of M. Venkatachalam Gounder ( a mechanic), Mr. Manickam Chettiar improvised the strategies and equipment for manufacturing. The manufacturing capability then went up from two luggage of 100kg per day to 25 luggage per day.
The utility additionally highlighted that sago manufacturing has contributed extensively to the event of the financial system of Salem from the 12 months 1967. Currently over 80% of sago in India is produced within the Salem area and a majority of that is marketed by way of Sagoserve, whereas the remaining are by way of direct gross sales.
Sago is utilized in varied industries, together with meals, paper, development, textile, beauty, pharmaceutical, mining, and alcohol, amongst others.
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