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Kandhamal Haldi

Grown by Kandha tribal farmers on roughly 13,600 hectares for about 24,000 tonnes a year. It is organic by default — traditional methods, no fertiliser — and has carried a GI tag since 1 April 2019.

24,000 t

annual production

Botanical name: Curcuma longa
Known as: Kandhamal Haladiକନ୍ଧମାଳ ହଳଦୀ
Origin: Kandhamal district
Harvest: December – February

The story

Origin20°29′ N

PhulbaniKandhamal

Odisha84°14′ E

Kandhamal turmeric received its Geographical Indication on 1 April 2019, registered for the turmeric grown by tribal farmers in the Kandhamal district of Odisha.

It is organic without a programme having made it so. Farmers use traditional methods of production and no fertiliser is applied, which means the crop meets an organic standard it was never designed around. The GI cites its physical and chemical characteristics, medicinal properties, industrial uses and inherent organic nature.

The scale is real without being industrial: roughly 13,600 hectares under dry turmeric, yielding close to 24,000 tonnes annually. That is a volume you can build a programme on, from a supply base of smallholders rather than estates.

[ Why here ]

PhulbaniKandhamal · Odisha

Central Odisha hill country farmed by Kandha growers on small plots. Rain-fed, rotated, and untouched by synthetic input — the aroma is markedly deeper than plains-grown turmeric of the same assay.

Specification

GI · 1 April 2019

Registered as Kandhamal Haladi, Odisha.

Measured