{"id":14241,"date":"2023-09-04T10:27:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T04:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14241"},"modified":"2025-04-02T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:32:04","slug":"koraput-kalajeera-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/koraput-kalajeera-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Koraput Kalajeera Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Koraput Kalajeera Rice:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The farmers of\u00a0<strong>Koraput district in Odisha<\/strong> have domesticated Kalajeera rice over generations.<\/li>\n<li>It is known as the \u2018Prince of Rice\u2019 is an aromatic variety of rice.<\/li>\n<li>Upholding the nutritional and cooking quality, the rice looks like coriander seeds.<\/li>\n<li>The ancestors of the present tribal\u00a0<strong>communities of Koraput district have domesticated<\/strong> the rice in the region for thousands of years contributing to conservation of crop.<\/li>\n<li>It is popular among rice consumers for its\u00a0<strong>black colour, good aroma, taste and texture.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The ancient text explains that Kalajeera rice improves memory and controls diabetes.<\/li>\n<li>It is believed to\u00a0<strong>increase hemoglobin levels and the body metabolism<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This fragrant grain has\u00a0<strong>antispasmodic, stomachic, carminative, antibacterial<\/strong>, astringent and sedative properties.<\/li>\n<li>The rice is grown in Koraput district\u2019s Tolla, Patraput, Pujariput, Baliguda and Mohuli areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Geographical Indications?<\/h3>\n<p>Geographical Indications (GIs) are a form of intellectual property rights that are used to protect and promote products with a specific geographical origin, quality, reputation, or other characteristics that are closely linked to their place of origin.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/nation\/in-other-news\/030923\/koraput-tribal-farmers-cheer-over-gi-tag-for-koraput-kalajeera-rice.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Koraput Kalajeera Rice Gets GI Tag<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koraput Kalajeera Rice known as the \u2018Prince of Rice\u2019 is an aromatic variety of rice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}