Shillong: The first-ever Meghalaya Spice Festival, which was inaugurated on Saturday at Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai, marking a national showcase of the state’s expanding organic spice economy, concluded on Sunday on a spicy note.A 140-member delegation, comprising farmers, entrepreneurs, cooperative leaders and senior officials are directly engaging with buyers from Mumbai and beyond.
“The Meghalaya Spice Festival aims to amplify the national and global market outreach of Meghalaya’s premium organic spices, and the inaugural edition itself, has started attracting buyers from Mumbai and beyond. Hosting the festival in Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, reflects Govt of Meghalaya’s deliberate push to position its spices in premium domestic and international markets while ensuring that growth translates into higher incomes for farmers,” an official statement said.
