Tripura’s Queen variety pineapples flagged off for Dubai
TNT News | Agartala, June 3, 2018
The Queen variety of pineapple from Tripura, which has got a GI tag, has been flagged off for export for the first time to Dubai today.
The Chief Minister in his official twitter handle tweeted about the same as seen below:
Queen #Pineapples are #Tripura's pride. Flagged off a Queen Pineapple consignment today from Nagicherra Horti Complex for being exported to #Dubai. My Government shall attain @narendramodi ji's vision of doubling farmers' income by giving topmost priority to farmers' interests. pic.twitter.com/q9rWvkE6ye
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) June 3, 2018
The Tripura Queen pineapple got the GI tag in 2015 and was helped by North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation, a central public sector unit, in getting it. The Queen pineapples are spiny, golden yellow in colour and have a pleasant aroma and flavour. The sweetness and unique aroma differentiates it from pineapples of other states of the Northeast. Tripura is one of the largest pineapple growing states in the country and there are more than 100 commercial scale pineapple plantations spread throughout the state. APEDA had earlier helped export the Kew variety of pineapples from Tripura to West Asia. The exporter is Kreamery Craft, based in Calcutta.
