SNAPSHOT :
| Major Spices Produced | Cardamom Large, Ginger, Turmeric, and Chilli etc. |
| Area (ha) & Production (MT) of Spices | 11115 Ha & 28645 MT |
| Major Spice growing areas | Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit, East Siang, West Siang, Tirap, Changlang etc. |
| AEP/ODOP/Dsitrict as Export Hub | Nil |
| Major Ports/Export Hubs | Nil |
| Major Market Centers | https://agmarknet.gov.in/a> |
| GI/Commercial spices of the State | Nil |
| No. of Registered Exporters | Nil |
| Divisional Office | Itanagar and Namsai |
| Field Office | Ziro, Pasighat and Namsai |
Arunachal Pradesh, ‘the land of dawn lit mountains ' is one of the richest bio-geographical hotspots in India. The State is home to a wide variety of rare spices and medicinal plants. Large Cardamom is abundantly grown, due to suitability of soil and climatic conditions. Ginger, Turmeric, Chilli, Black Pepper are some of the other spices cultivated in the State. Besides the indigenous and by default organic spices, Arunachal Pradesh is renowned for other agricultural/horticultural products such as Mandarin Oranges, Kiwi etc, culinary herbs and medicinal plants.
Among the 75 spices cultivated in India, 5 spices such as such as Large Cardamom, Ginger, Turmeric, Red Chilli, Black Pepper in Arunachal Pradesh. The major spices grown in the state of Arunachal Pradesh area is 11115 Ha with Production of 28645 MT.
| Sl No | Item | Area in Ha. | Production in MT. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Large Cardamom* | 6408 | 1046 |
| 2 | Ginger | 4002 | 23766 |
| 3 | Turmeric | 521 | 2977 |
| 4 | Chillies | 165 | 851 |
| TOTAL(INCLUDING OTHERS) | 11115 | 28645 |
Source: DASD, Kozhicode and (*) crop estimated by Spices Board.
Large Cardamom Area Expansion, Certified Nursery Scheme, Construction of modified Bhatti, irrigation schemes, Organic cultivation of Ginger & Turmeric, construction of vermi-compost pits, Quality and entrepreneurship training programmers, exposure visits to farmers, Buyer-Seller Meets etc.
Board is also implementing various Development and Marketing schemes and Research and Laboratory activities, the details of which may please be seen from the Board's website indianspices.com