Which corp is not cultivated in goa

The Japanese mineral prospectors had surveyed Goa and found iron ore, manganese and bauxite in the hilly region of the western ghats. The colonial government had granted mining leases. Although Goa got its liberation from the colonial government on 19 December Down the corridors of time Goa has been different things to different people. View All Spotlight. View All Press Releases. Director Civil Supplies.

Order - Ms. Goa Tourism Policy Animal Health And Welfare Policy View All Policies. Pharm - Goa College Of Pharmacy. About Goa. Office Bearers. ET Engage. ET Secure IT. Panache Tech and Gadgets. Panache People City Life. ET Magazine. Contrary to popular belief, the Portuguese didn't introduce potatoes to India.

This also shows that potatoes historically did not grow in Goa,. This also shows that potatoes historically did not grow in Goa, which counters the theory that the Portuguese introduced them to India.

Potatoes originated in the Andes and require cool climates creation of heat-tolerant varieties is a recent development. This suited plants that the Portuguese seem to have spread, like chillies, cashews and chikoos, but not potatoes.

The colonial power that encountered potatoes in the Andes was Spain, and they spread from there to places like the Netherlands then a part of the Spanish empire , where they flourished. They might even have reached China via the Manila galleons which took New World commodities across the Pacific to Asia.

So why is this Portuguese introduction theory so persistent? It seems to stem from one reference by John Fryer, a British surgeon who travelled to South India in the late 17th century. Some look like potatoes — especially when seen in muddy heaps in markets — and even taste similar, so it is possible that Fryer just made a mistake.

And repeated and unthinking quoting turned this questionable observation into an almost accepted fact. Sweet potatoes grow easily in tropical areas, and are very important nutritionally, with high levels of vitamin A and beta-carotenes. They also have edible, delicious leaves, unlike potatoes, whose leaves are toxic. This resulted in them spreading across the world in multiple ways, for example with the Polynesian mariners who crossed the Pacific before the advent of Western colonial powers.

But the Portuguese may have played a role too, as seen in how batatas, their original term for sweet potatoes, became common across the world. Confusion between the two tubers resulted in the term being appropriated by potatoes — even the Portuguese now call sweet potatoes batata doce. But this marginalisation of sweet potatoes was unfortunate since it has resulted in them being undervalued, despite their nutritional importance and greater suitability for cultivation across most of India.

Potatoes have a shorter growing season and then require refrigeration through the rest of the year, while sweet potatoes just grow all the time.

In Goa, they are a traditional crop, but their consumption seems to be diminishing. Rather than trying to push potatoes, it would make more sense for ICAR-CCARI to encourage sweet potatoes as a crop better suited to the state, and with roots that really do go back to the Portuguese.