GI-tagged jaggery from UP’s Muzaffarnagar shipped to B’desh

NEW DELHI: A consignment of 30 tonne GI-tagged jaggery from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh has been shipped to neighbouring Bangladesh, an official assertion stated Saturday. Muzaffarnagar is famend for its high-quality sugarcane. Jaggery produced right here and in Shamli is in excessive demand in world markets.
GI is an agricultural, pure or a manufactured product from a particular geographical territory. “This initiative marks the beginning of direct export of jaggery from western UP to Bangladesh through farmer producer organisations (FPOs) and farmer producer companies (FPCs),” stated the assertion from commerce and business ministry. Brijnandan Agro Farmer Producer Company (FPC), fashioned in 2023, has 545 members, together with two ladies administrators. The FPO is engaged in exporting jaggery, sugarcane merchandise, Basmati rice and pulses.
The assertion stated with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority’s (APEDA) help, this marks the third success story of an FPO from western UP in agricultural exports, following the export of Basmati rice by Neer Adarsh Organic Farmer Producer to Lebanon and Oman. This is the one FPO in UP to obtain monetary help of Rs 4 lakh underneath the state’s agri-export coverage.
Anthurium flowers shipped from Aizawl to Singapore
In one other vital step in the direction of enhancing the nation’s floriculture export potential, significantly from the NorthEastern area, APEDA, in collaboration with division of horticulture, and Mizoram govt, shipped the primary consignment of Anthurium flowers from Aizawl to Singapore. The consignment, comprising 1,024 Anthurium reduce flowers (weighing 70kg) packed in 50 corrugated packing containers, was exported by IVC Agrovet from Aizawl to Singapore through Kolkata.
The flowers have been sourced from Zo Anthurium Growers Cooperative Society, and imported by Veg Pro Singapore Pte Ltd, marking a milestone within the area’s floriculture export journey, stated an official assertion. Anthurium is among the most vital flowers cultivated in Mizoram, enjoying an important function in driving native financial exercise, significantly benefiting farmers, together with ladies.