News from the world of pepper: even stricter protection

If you follow us regularly, you have noticed a new article from Khmer Times that we published on our Facebook page, which concerns how important the protected geographical indication of Kampot pepper is and what its impact is in the whole context! We decided to translate this important article for you and explain it further to bring you even closer to the uniqueness of Kampot pepper.

What is the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement and how does it work with the protection of origin trademarks

The World Intellectual Property Organization, known by the acronym WIPO, is an organization that since 1967 has ensured that the uniqueness of intellectual and physical products of human culture is protected as much as possible. Among these products is Kampot pepper, which is an integral part of Cambodian agricultural culture, cultivated and bred for generations into the finest pepper in the world.

Last year, the so-called Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement came into force, which is a treaty managed by the WIPO organization. Simply put, it is an agreement that allows individual international organizations to clearly emphasize the origin and geographical indication of their products.

These protective tools help local producers distinguish their products from others that do not reach such quality, make them more visible, and thus help them achieve higher earnings.

Kampot pepper received the desired protection

One of the first countries to join the entire system of the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement is Cambodia, which thus gained the opportunity to grant specific geographical indications to some of its products. It is no surprise that this honor was bestowed precisely on Kampot pepper, which can thus present its uniqueness as the first Cambodian product on European territory.

Thanks to this, it gains a clearly dominant position among other peppers, which clearly highlights the story not only of the peppercorns growing in one of the most beautiful places in the world but also points to the stories of the people who have devoted themselves to the tradition of its cultivation for centuries. This opens completely new possibilities for Kampot pepper to make itself known worldwide and show people how unique and intense the taste of pepper can truly be.

So if you buy Kampot pepper, marks with the letters PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) or GI (Geographical Indication) will indicate to you that it is truly genuine Kampot pepper in every way.

How to unmistakably recognize it from others you can read for example in this article.