Nagpur: The Union Minister for Road and Road Transportation, Nitin Gadkari, on Saturday asked farmers to maintain quality and market their products abroad with good packaging to get a better price.
Speaking of the export program of agricultural and vegetable products in vidarbha ‘organized by agriculture and processed food products of export development authorities (APFPEDA) and Agrovision Foundation, Gadkari said that to increase horticulture in the region, farmers need to market orange-citrus, lemon, custard Apple and other fruits are in great demand internationally.
The minister said that Port Jawaharlal Nehru (JNPT) also tried to export orangers directly to Bangladesh Market in air-conditioned food containers from Sindi Dry Port in Wardha.
“This facility will reduce orange transportation costs and will benefit farmers,” he said.
Stress gives good quality seeds to farmers, said MP City, “Citrus and Citrus Fruit Research Institute (CCRI) and Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeth (PDKV) must take the initiative in this matter.
The Agro RS150 Crore Convention Center has been proposed in the land of PDKV 55 hectares At Amravati Road.
This project will be accelerated if APFPEDA and PDKV extend their help.
“He also said that the export value of honey and other forest products produced in the Vidarbha and Melghat tribes must be identified and proposals must be submitted for their exports.
Shows that the packaging and processing of the right shrimp is available at various Lake Malgujari in Vidarbha will provide many employment opportunities, he suggests APFPEDA to ink pact with private airlines by exploring the possibility of exporting agricultural products, due to direct connectivity with Doha and Qatar.
“There is a lot of scope for milk production and fishing in Vidarbha.
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Dairy Group provides a grant for the project to produce milk from 200 cows.
There is a need to improve research in this case,” said Gadkari and added that if there was an apfpeda office in Nagpur, it was will be very useful in profitable farmer communities.