Gaimpew

The Nagamese Pineapple.

In 1916, Welsh Presbyterian evangelist Rev. Watkin Roberts, who led a band of 15 Hmar families from Tripura to settle in the Hmarkhawlien area in Assam’s Cachar district, had taught the people to cultivate pineapples in this hilltop settlement. The Hmarkhawlien pineapples are reckoned to be the sweetest among all pineapple varieties in India, as during the monsoon period their sugar content varies between 16 and 28 per cent.

Three varieties of pineapple are generally grown in the tribal farms of Nagaland. These are Queen, Kew and Giant. The Kew variety (locally known as Gaimpew) is grown in abundance, thus acting as an abundant raw material resource for the Food Processing Industries.

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