Overview
- The exhibition runs December 5–8 on the CFTRI campus and features about 48 GI products across 54 stalls.
- MABIF is hosting the MSME initiative in association with CSIR–CFTRI, NABARD and TNAU.
- MABIF and CSIR–CFTRI signed an MoU at the inauguration, followed by new product launches and technical sessions.
- GI-registered artisans, farmer groups and producer organisations are selling crafts, textiles and foods from Karnataka and other States, including Nanjangud banana and Byadagi chilli.
- Organisers cast the fair as a commercial push for heritage goods, citing export interest and noting India’s 605 GI tags alongside a target of 10,000 registrations by 2030.