Varanasi: After the Apeda intervention, the Varanasi area has recorded exemplary changes in the export scenario and registered many of its first-of-of-the-time achievement in a very short time span.
Regional in charging and assistant General Manager Apeda, Dr.
CB Singh said that around 20,000 metric tons (MT) of Agria products have been exported from the eastern region and above in the past six months.
“From this delivery, around 5,000 mt of fresh fruits and vegetables and 15,000 mt cereals have been exported to Vietnam, Nations Gulf, Nepal and Bangladesh with all modes of transportation.
Varanasi and the nearest area witnessed exports around 12 MT, 22 MT and 45 MT on In October, November, December respectively in 2021, “he added.
For Varanasi is a region based on the plains of the Ganges River, it has a rich composition of land nutrients with a lot of fertility that leads to the production of good quality agria.
Varanasi region is also famous for Central and International Level Institutions such as Institute of Indian Vegetables (IIVR), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), University of Banaras Hindu (BHU) .Singh, “At present, Varanasi region has a number.
Exporter and export of agricultural products Being done by air route due to strong quarantine formation and custom clearance facilitation center at Lal Bahadur International Airport (LBSI).
“He added,” Apeda has organized more than 30 capacity building programs in Indonesia throughout the Varanasi region followed by eight international sellers meet , which has provided a platform to exporters to market their food products in the global market.
“To monitor products and production, a AI Tech project is also being considered for approval.
Apeda also plans to take members of the Member farmer manufacturer to various regions of success to uncover Agri supply chains and market links.
According to him, the government also considered replicating the vanasi model in the Gorakhpur region as a geography, demographics and several other general parameters in both places.
The newly established international airport in Kushinagar can play an important role in triggering exports.
DDU Gorakhpur University, Indian Seed Sciences Institute, Want to be an active institution to work to promote Agri activities in this region of rice and rice-based food systems.
Apeda-funded projects for integrated IT solutions to increase Agri exports in the Varanasi area are in the process.
Exports of the first 14 MT Green Chilly trial shipments were facilitated by Apeda from Varanasi to Port Jebel Ali Dubai in December 2019.
For the first time, from Varanasi 3 MT fresh vegetables exported to London, 3 Mt Mangga Fresh to Dubai, 1.2 mt of fresh mango to London, regional rice 520 MT to Qatar and regional rice 80 MT to Australia during Covid intervention in 2020, after Apeda Intervention.
Madama, Trisagar farmer manufacturer company Ltd., based in Sant Ravidas Nagar District, has begun to send shipping every day to International market after Apeda intervention.
In another success story, Shivansh Shivansh Shivansh Producer Ltd.
with a base of 1,500 progressive farmers have managed to get a decent realization for their commodities after exporting a good volume of Agria-producer company Ltd, which foster mangoes around 50 hectares, the higher prices compared to The average market price after Apeda intervention.
Before the initiative taken by the Apeda, the FPC was used to sell mangoes at an average price of Rs 25 / kg, but in the last season they had sold it at Rs 50 / kg to a Dutch-based company called Super Plum having several Bangalore and Mumbai outlets.