Dear Wahidda I'll try to push the proposal..could you write an article in newspapers or I'll get it published if you send to me.
This 'jolokia' business is about $10 Bn per year. Thais buy 'jolokia' from New Zealand @ Baht 200/kg. Nowhere the 'jwola' is as much as our varieties of 'mem', 'kon','bogi mem' or 'bhoot'. Regards -manoj On 10/29/07, Wahid Saleh(GM) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Manoj, > > > > Good that you are bringing this to the attention of the group. It would > have more effect if you bring this also to the attention of the government > of Assam to take necessary actions. > > > > Greetings, > > Wahid da > ------------------------------ > > *Van:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Namens > *Manoj Das > *Verzonden:* maandag 29 oktober 2007 9:30 > *Aan:* A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > *Onderwerp:* Re: [Assam] Bhut Jolokia gets Guinness Book berth > > > > Assam Govt. should immediately apply for GI, otherwise we may lose the > rights. > > On 10/28/07, *Pradip Kumar Datta* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *Bhut Jolokia gets Guinness Book berth > *WASHINGTON, Oct 27: Researchers at New Mexico State University have > announced the discovery of the world's hottest chile pepper, Bhut Jolokia, a > variety found in Asom. > The variety of chile pepper has won Guinness World Records' recognition by > beating the previous champion Red Savina. > In replicated tests of Scoville heat units (SHUs), Bhut Jolokia reached > one million SHUs, which is almost twice the SHUs of Red Savina, which > measured a mere 5,77,000. > Dr Paul Bosland, Director of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico > State University's Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, collected > seeds of Bhut Jolokia while visiting India in 2001. > Bosland grew Bhut Jolokia plants under insect-proof cages for three years > to produce enough seed to complete the required field tests. > Bosland added that the intense heat concentration of Bhut Jolokia could > have significant impact on the food industry as an economical seasoning in > packaged foods. (ANI) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >
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