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'Govt should allow the export of cashew Feni'
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IANS | 14 Jul, 2022
Goa BJP MLA Deviya Rane has demanded that the government should allow
the export of cashew Feni, a step which can boost the cultivation and
bring cashew apples in use.
Deviya Rane, MLA from Poriem
constituency in North Goa, speaking at the state Legislative Assembly
session on Wednesday, said that the product has demand in foreign
countries.
Feni, a drink commonly and socially consumed by the
local residents of the coastal state, was notified as the state heritage
drink by the Goa government in 2016.
Cashew Feni is also the
country's first indigenous liquor to obtain the Geographical Indication
tag, a process which was initiated by local manufacturers of the brew in
2009.
"Goan Feni is GI tagged, but we can't sell it outside our
state. There is no permission. It can't be sold in national and
international market," She said.
She further said that though
our cash crop is cashew, but cashew apples are wasted. "Almost 80 per
cent of cashew apples are thrown out as only cashew nuts are used," Rane
said.
"If we get permission to sell it in other states and
internationally as well, as it has wide scope and demand, it will help
to increase production and thus new distilleries will come. This will
ultimately help cashew farmers," she said.
"Recently I was abroad
and when people there came to know that I am from Goa... they said 'you
are so lucky, you have beaches and you have Feni', but they also
lamented that they don't get it in their country. They asked me 'why
doesn't your country export it'," Rane said.
"If it is made
available on duty free shops at Mopa airport, and if we can sell it
nationally in other states, then cashew cultivators will benefit," she
said.
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