"Rajshahi's Fazli mango" has received geographical indication (GI) recognition.

It was published in journal No 10 of "The Geographical Identification" (GI), issued on 6 October by the Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks under the Ministry of Industries.

Alim Uddin, chief scientific officer of the Rajshahi Fruit Research Station, gave Samakal the information on Thursday.

He said the recognition came in response to an application by the Rajshahi Fruit Research Station, which applied for it on 9 March 2017.

Alim Uddin told Samakal: "Rajshahi's name is now linked internationally with the Fazli mango. But it took no small effort to get this recognition! We had to send the relevant authority the history of the Fazli mango, every detail of the product's link to place and time, and its DNA sequence. Fazli mangoes are grown in the Chapainawabganj area too, but Fazli is cultivated in all nine upazilas of Rajshahi. Of these, the Fazli mango of Bagha upazila is very well known."

A total of nine Bangladeshi products have received GI certificates so far. They include hilsa, Chapainawabganj's Khirsapat mango, Dinajpur's Kataribhog rice, Bangladeshi kalijira, Jamdani, Dhakai muslin, Rajshahi silk, Rangpur's shataranji and the white clay of Bijoypur in Netrokona.

Source: Samakal. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.