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Ginger is a root crop that has a pungent spicy aroma and characteristic taste used as a spice, flavouring, food and medicine. It is used in Indian and oriental cooking, confectionary and Liqueurs The spice has a slightly biting taste and is used, usually dried and ground, to flavour breads, sauces, curry dishes, confections, pickles, and ginger-ale. The fresh rhizome, green ginger, is used in cooking.
The peeled rhizomes may be preserved by boiling in syrup. In Japan and elsewhere, slices of ginger are eaten between dishes or courses to clear the palate. Ginger is used medically to treat flatulence and colic. Ginger contains about 2 percent essential oil used in the food and perfume industries. Ginger is propagated by planting root-stalk cuttings and has been under this type of cultivation for so long that it no longer goes to seed. Harvesting is done simply by lifting the rhizomes from the soil, cleansing them, and drying them in the sun.
The dried ginger rhizomes are irregular in shape, branched or palmate. Their colour varies from dark yellow through light brown to pale buff. The main producing countries are china, India and Nigeria. European is the leading market for dried ginger import. Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands are the most viable markets for ginger with bet opportunities for developing countries.