Mizoram to export 'bird's eye chilli' to the US

Mizoram to export 'bird's eye chilli' to the US

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Category : Business and economics Published on: March 01 2023

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  • Mizoram would soon export ‘bird's eye chilli’ of the state to the United States for the first time.
  • Bird’s Eye Chilli or Thai chilli as it is popularly known is a variety of chilli peppers from the Capsicum annuum species of plants. 
  • The chilli pepper gets its name from the fact that the chilli peppers resemble the eyes of a bird.
  • This particular chilli pepper came into the limelight of Northeast India when it acquired the Geographical Index (GI) from a small and remote district in Mizoram called Siaha.
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