Mangaluru: Areca Tea, established by researcher Nivedan Nempe has been awarded Best Agriculture Start-up Award by Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA).

For the different medical benefits areca tea offers, the honour for this start-up, which had prior bagged the Make in India grant comes when gossipy titbits about areca nut being cancer-causing, has left its cultivators stressed.

Association Minister for Commerce and Industries Suresh Prabhu gave over the respect to Nivedan Nempe at a program organized by the ICFA in New Delhi.

Talking on the event, Nempe, a Shivamogga local said that a between time report given by perceived labs directing examination on areca nut uncovers that it isn’t perilous. “Inside couple of days, the entire report would come, and it would clear a few questions”, he included.

He additionally said that areca nut tea was being sent out to the foreign nations and there was huge demand from the West Indies too. There are plans to trade it to USA and Netherlands, he included.

Praising Nivedan Nempe for his examination on the solid advantages of areca nut, through which he made more interest for the harvest, Campco Limited President S R Sathishchandra stated, “When tattles are overflowing that areca nut is cancer-causing, the areca nut tea has demonstrated that the nut is healthy and safe. It is applicable that the Central government too recognizes it.”