THE Indian government has begun a process of identifying commodities such as coffee, pepper and cardamom, that need to be registered as Geographical Indications to protect the country's trade interests. Among the products to be registered as Geographical Indications, which means that only products from a particular area can be labelled using the regional designation, are Malabar coffee, Malabar pepper, Tellichery pepper, Alleppey green cardamom and Coorg cardamom... Read More