First consignment of Telangana’s Tandur red gram flagged off to Australia

The first consignment of GI-tagged Tandur Redgram was flagged off for export to Australia on Wednesday (October 28, 2026)

The first consignment of GI-tagged Tandur red gram from Telangana was flagged off from Hyderabad, Telangana, to Australia on Wednesday (October 28, 2026). It was facilitated by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Tandur red gram is the first agricultural product from the State to receive Geographical Indication (GI) registration. It has more protein content than cereals.The export shipment is a step towards exploring new overseas markets and expanding opportunities for farmers, producers, and exporters, as per official communication.

The 2.5 metric tonnes consignment was virtually flagged off by Surendra Mohan, Secretary, Agriculture Department and Commissioner, Agriculture Production, and R. P. Naidu, AGM, APEDA, Hyderabad.

The Tandur red gram is primarily cultivated in the rainfed tracts of four mandals in the Tandur region namely Tandur, Basheerabad, Peddemul and Yelal. Its distinctive characteristics are associated with the region’s fertile deep black soils, the presence of attapulgite clay mineral deposits, and substantial limestone deposits.

Budeli Sailu, a farmer from Kathalpur in Tandur mandal who cultivates the food grains, said that there is demand for it in other districts and States. He would be harvesting the current Red Gram crop in his farm in two months. “It usually takes six months to harvest the crop,” said Mr. Sailu.

The first consignment was exported by M/s. Durga Exports and Imports, Hyderabad, under the brand name AMMAAS. Farmers along with B. Kavitha, Vikarabad District Agriculture Officer, and Sampath Kumar, ITS, Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Regional Authority, Hyderabad participated in the programme.