CAMPCO to market processed pepper

: City-based Central Arecanut and Coca Marketing and Processing Co-operative has signed an MoU with Indian Institute of Spices Research under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Kozhikode to process pepper at their facility and market the produce to consumers.
CAMPCO, which had recently amended its bye-law to enter the pepper sector along with arecanut and coca, planned to market processed pepper with the certification manufactured at ICAR-IISR processing facility for spices.
The facility at IISR would be utilised to cleane, grade and pack black and white pepper by CAMPCO, which had recently started procuring pepper from farmers in its jurisdiction.

According to CAMPCO president S R Satishchandra, the move is aimed at offering substantial price to farmers and to provide quality product to consumers.
The institute would provide necessary training and technical guidance to CAMPCO, besides giving the quality certification.
The agreement was signed by ISSR director K Nirmal Babu and CAMPCO Managing Director M Suresh Bhandary,a release said.
Satishchandra said the pepper market had so far been unorganised and the market did not have any branded product, especially from the co-operative sector.
The agreement would facilitate availability of assured quality pepper to consumers and assure stable prices for the produce, he said.