Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Binh Phuoc(VNA) – The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam has issued ageographical indication (GI) certification to Binh Phuoc’s cashew.
The geographicalindication for Binh Phuoc cashew includes material areas and raw cashew, cashewnuts, and salted cashew nuts.
The southern provinceof Binh Phuoc’s cashew has been well-known on both domestic and international marketsthanks to its special taste and high nutrition values, including over 43percent of protein and 23 percent of carbohydrate.
According to Secretaryof the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Loi, cashew cultivation havehelped reduced poverty and improved income of locals in many localities of theprovince, including remote, mountainous and border areas.
Receiving GIs willhelp build trademark of the product and promote exports.
Binh Phuoc currently hasover 150,000 hectares of cashew farms, accounting for 50 percent of thecountry’s total cashew areas and becoming a “cashew capital” of Vietnam. Up to75,000 local farmer households, mostly ethnic minority people, live on theindustrial crop.
Binh Phuoc is home to over200 cashew enterprises and processing facilities with total output of 82,000tonnes per year, employing about 50,000 labourers.
The product has beenavailable in 25 countries and territories.-VNA
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