<p class="title">Progressive farmer Napanda Poonacha has been conferred with the Plant Genome Saviour Community Award, by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Poonacha and his wife Rati Poonacha received the award during a function held in New Delhi recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of State for Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje presented the award.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Poonacha was presented the award for his work towards the preservation of the ‘Adi’ variety of pepper.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Poonacha has also discovered the varieties of pepper that grow in places with heavy rain, misty atmosphere and in hilly regions like Kodagu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is based in Garvale Gram Panchayat limits on the Western Ghats, the climate which is less suitable for growing pepper.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After many years of research, Poonacha discovered the ‘Adi’ variety of pepper that can be grown in the peculiar climate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The black pepper is known for its unique aroma and medicinal properties and is referred to as black diamond.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Poonacha introduced the Adi variety of pepper on a large scale, among the growers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Adi variety of pepper has obtained a patent from the Indian Institute of Spices Research. It has been certified that the special variety grows only in places of heavy rainfall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The size of normal pepper will be 4-5 mm and the size of Adi black pepper is 6-7 mm. Adi pepper is immune to diseases and the flowers will appear in the vines between November and February. Pepper seeds are green, yellow and red in colour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Napanda N Poonacha said that Adi pepper is the fruit of his 20 years of research. The crop is the best suited for Kodagu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The maintenance cost is less as it is less affected by diseases, he said.</p>
<p class="title">Progressive farmer Napanda Poonacha has been conferred with the Plant Genome Saviour Community Award, by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Poonacha and his wife Rati Poonacha received the award during a function held in New Delhi recently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister of State for Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje presented the award.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Poonacha was presented the award for his work towards the preservation of the ‘Adi’ variety of pepper.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Poonacha has also discovered the varieties of pepper that grow in places with heavy rain, misty atmosphere and in hilly regions like Kodagu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is based in Garvale Gram Panchayat limits on the Western Ghats, the climate which is less suitable for growing pepper.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After many years of research, Poonacha discovered the ‘Adi’ variety of pepper that can be grown in the peculiar climate.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The black pepper is known for its unique aroma and medicinal properties and is referred to as black diamond.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Poonacha introduced the Adi variety of pepper on a large scale, among the growers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Adi variety of pepper has obtained a patent from the Indian Institute of Spices Research. It has been certified that the special variety grows only in places of heavy rainfall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The size of normal pepper will be 4-5 mm and the size of Adi black pepper is 6-7 mm. Adi pepper is immune to diseases and the flowers will appear in the vines between November and February. Pepper seeds are green, yellow and red in colour.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Napanda N Poonacha said that Adi pepper is the fruit of his 20 years of research. The crop is the best suited for Kodagu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The maintenance cost is less as it is less affected by diseases, he said.</p>