{"id":26941,"date":"2025-08-30T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26941"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:48:04","slug":"nanjangud-rasabale-banana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nanjangud-rasabale-banana\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanjangud Rasabale Banana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nanjangud Rasabale Banana Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers\u2019 Welfare has announced that the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) will soon take up a study on protecting the Nanjangud Rasabale variety of banana from diseases.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nanjangud Rasabale Banana<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>variety of banana grown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in and around the <\/span><b>Mysore district and Chamarajanagar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> district of <\/span><b>Karnataka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was awarded the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gi-tag\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Geographical Indication<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (GI) tag in 2006 for its thick pulp and distinct taste and aroma.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The taste and pulp of this banana cannot be found in any other variety and anywhere else.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Soil required:<\/b> <b>Black clay alluvial<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saline soil has given a unique aroma to this banana.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This banana possess medicinal properties and are believed to cure neurological ailments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Panama Wilt disease,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a fungal infection caused by the Fuserium Wilt pathogen has been the bane of rasabale farmers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Indian Council for Agricultural Research<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>autonomous organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), <\/span><b>Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was formerly known as the <\/span><b>Imperial Council of Agricultural Research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it was established on 16 July 1929 as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, in pursuance of the report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Functions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Council is the <\/span><b>apex body for coordinating, guiding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and managing research and education in agriculture, including horticulture, fisheries, and animal sciences, <\/span><b>throughout the country.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has one of the largest agricultural systems in the world, with 113 ICAR institutes and 74 agricultural universities across the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/icar-scientists-to-make-efforts-to-protect-disease-prone-nanjangud-rasabale-union-minister-chouhan\/article69989545.ece#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nanjangud Rasabale Banana  is a variety of banana grown in and around the Mysore district and Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. 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