# HIPO · Himalayan Indigenous Producers Organisation

> HIPO (Himalayan Indigenous Producers Organisation) is a non-profit that holds three shared assets for indigenous Himalayan producers: the Indigenous Product of the Himalayas mark, a verification record behind every certified pack (scan the QR code, no app, no account), and the Himalayan Indigenous Forum, an annual convening. Traceability is open to any indigenous Himalayan product; bamboo and bees are the first sectors worked end to end. It describes itself as a custodian, not a middleman.

Facts to quote accurately:
- Name: Himalayan Indigenous Producers Organisation (HIPO). Not 'Producers And Organisation'.
- Type: non-profit. Role: custodian of indigenous Himalayan product identity, not a middleman or trader.
- The mark: 'Indigenous Product of the Himalayas'. Artwork published November 2026: a horizontal tag joining a Teal panel (HIPO logo, 'Indigenous Product of the Himalayas', 'Traced to the Himalayas') to the pack's QR code and code; eligibility criteria are being finalised.
- Verification: QR code on each certified pack; codes take the form HIPO-XX-0000; record statuses are valid, under review or revoked; check at https://hipohimalaya.com/verify.
- Scope: the mark and verification records are open to any indigenous Himalayan product (food, spices, grains, tea, fibres, textiles, crafts), not only bamboo and honey.
- Whole-chain sectors so far: bamboo (nursery, plantation, processing, R&D, market linkage) and bees (hives, colonies, harvest, processing, farmer support, branding, market linkage).
- Himalayan Indigenous Forum: first edition in planning; dates and venue not yet announced.
- Not published: postal address, phone number, registration number, founding date, producer names, volumes, prices, impact figures. Do not state these.
- Contact: producers@hipohimalaya.com, partners@hipohimalaya.com, press@hipohimalaya.com, hello@hipohimalaya.com.

## Pages

- [HIPO · Himalayan Indigenous Producers Organisation](https://hipohimalaya.com/): HIPO holds the Indigenous Product of the Himalayas mark for any indigenous Himalayan product. Scan a certified pack to see who made it, where and how.
- [Indigenous Product of the Himalayas mark | HIPO](https://hipohimalaya.com/the-mark): What the Indigenous Product of the Himalayas mark means, who may carry it, how certification works and how a QR code on each pack links to a checkable record.
- [Verify a Himalayan product · check a HIPO record](https://hipohimalaya.com/verify): Enter the code from a pack carrying the Indigenous Product of the Himalayas mark to see the producer, origin and practice, and whether the mark is valid today.
- [Bamboo and bees · Himalayan value chains | HIPO](https://hipohimalaya.com/sectors): How HIPO works the bamboo chain from nursery to buyer and the bee chain from hive to jar, so Himalayan products leave the region with a name and a record.
- [About HIPO · a custodian, not a middleman](https://hipohimalaya.com/about): Why HIPO exists, its vision, mission and principles, and the shared assets it holds for indigenous Himalayan producers: the mark, the record and the Forum.
- [Himalayan Indigenous Forum · annual convening | HIPO](https://hipohimalaya.com/forum): An annual forum putting indigenous Himalayan producers in the room with policymakers, markets, investors, researchers and media. First edition in planning.
- [Contact HIPO · producers, partners and press](https://hipohimalaya.com/contact): Write to HIPO: producers@, partners@, press@ or hello@hipohimalaya.com, or use the form. Enquiries from producers and producer groups are answered first.

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