{"id":14659,"date":"2024-06-14T16:04:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T16:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14659"},"modified":"2024-06-14T16:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T16:04:38","slug":"mace-candy-set-to-be-goas-signature-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/mace-candy-set-to-be-goas-signature-product\/","title":{"rendered":"Mace candy set to be Goas signature product"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the cashewnut is already synonymous with Goa,macecandy is poised to become another of Goassignatureproducts.<\/p>\n<p>The fruit from which nutmeg is derived comprises of the rind called javetri (pericarp) and the kernel called jaiphal (nutmeg). While nutmeg is used widely, the pericarp often gets discarded by farmers, this even as 70% of the fruit comprises it.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, however, Goa-based ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (CCARI) developed a process to makecandyfrom this rind.<\/p>\n<p>The process of preparing this candy has already begun at the two centres  Curchorem in South Goa and Pale-Kothambi in North Goa  established recently by the .<br \/> The candy will shortly be available for retail sale as aproductof the states own brand GoVan.<\/p>\n<p>The GoVan brand was created by the state under the Goa State <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/biodiversity\">Biodiversity<\/a> Board (GSBB) to produce products from locally derived natural ingredients.<br \/> The two processing centres are run entirely by local <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/women\">Women<\/a> and the idea was to preserve local biodiversity by helping generate livelihood opportunities through it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the cashewnut is already synonymous with Goa,macecandy is poised to become another of Goassignatureproducts. 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