The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA), Govt. of India has officially declared Goa’s popular Khola Chilli as a Farmer Plant Variety. This is the first Farmer Plant Variety from Goa registered with the Plant Varieties Registry of PPV&FRA.
Khola/Canacona Chilli Cultivators Group from Khola village, South Goa, has been officially recognized as the true breeder of this unique variety. The group now holds exclusive rights to produce, sell, market, distribute, import, and export the variety for an initial period of six years and renewable upto 2039.
