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Pradeep Kumar

11/07/21 10:20 AM IST

Meet organized by APEDA

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To promote agricultural crops exports and adherence to global practices, APEDA in collaboration with Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), traders, exporters, agricultural scientists, Uttar Pradesh government & other institutions today organized a meet at Varanasi.

Details
  • More than 200 farmers from the Varanasi region participated in the meet where agricultural scientists and officials from the leading institutes provided valuable inputs for promoting agricultural products exports from the region as well as adherence to globally recognized Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) by farmers.
  • Farmers were provided technical inputs on GAP implementation, ensuring pest-free cultivation, diseases identifications in fresh fruits & vegetables, plant quarantine, and strategy to boost the agri-exports from eastern Uttar Pradesh.
  • A special session was organised on export of Banana, wherein the representative from APEDA registered exporter briefed participants about the banana processing.
Way forward
  • APEDA is working very closely with all the stakeholders with the objective to export India’s agricultural produce to the global market.
  • A presentation was made on assistance provided by APEDA in boosting agri-exports from the Varanasi region.
Source: PIB

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