Athirappilly tribal farmers' organic pepper, coffee to enter Euro market

First consignment expected to be shipped by Athirappilly Tribal Valley FPC within 3 months

- Manoj Viswanathan @Kochi

The organic pepper and coffee cultivated by tribal farmers of Athirappilly are all set to reach the European market in three months.

Athirappilly Tribal Valley Farmer Producer Company chairman M Ratheesh and Sweden-based Vake Works AB chief operating officer Rajesh Rajagopalan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of Agriculture Minister P Prasad at a function held in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday for export of two tonnes of pepper to Sweden per year for three years. The pepper will be marketed through co-branding strategy.

An MoU was signed by M Ratheesh and JS and T Associates representative Jinu Joseph for export of 20 tonnes of coffee to Europe per year for the next five years.