APEDA, Mizoram organize workshop at Aizawl to boost agricultural products

AIZAWL: As a part of its strategy to give a boost to the export of organic agricultural products of Mizoram and the North Eastern Region (NER), the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) organized a workshop-cum-buyer seller meet (BSM) on Thursday at Mizoram University in Aizawl.

After the BSM, a consignment of Hatkora (a local variety of citrus) sourced from farmers of the Mamit district of Mizoram was exported to London and another consignment of Hatkora is being exported to Bangladesh.

APEDA, which is the apex agricultural products export promotion organization under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, organized the buyer-seller meet in association with the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce & Industries, Government of Mizoram and North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Ltd (NERAMAC).

The BSM was organized to promote the exports of potential agri-horti products from Mizoram and provide market linkage to farmers, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), and Farmer Producer Companies from the northeastern state. The potential crops for export from Mizoram are pineapple, hatkora (citrus), dragon fruit, oranges, passion fruit, squash, anthurium flower, Mizo Ginger, Mizo chilli and grape wine.

Seventeen exporters and 58 FPOs participated in the BSM while 14 exhibitors representing the state government, coffee board, spices board, NABARD and NERAMAC attended the meet.

The exclusive BSM provided an opportunity for the producers and processors of Mizoram to showcase their products and promote the exports as well as their wholesale and retail sales.

The workshop-cum-buyer seller meet was inaugurated by Hon'ble Agriculture Minister Pu C Lalrinsanga of Mizoram. In his inaugural address, Hon'ble Lalrinsanga invited investors to participate in the agricultural growth story of Mizoram and promote the locally grown organic agricultural products of the state across the globe, a press release said.

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