Attractive prices in overseas markets increased the profit of pineapple growers 

Pineapple growers in Tripura are a happy lot as they were able to sell their pineapples to a buyer in Dubai thanks to the Common Service Centre (CSC), an initiative of the Digital Agriculture platform as part of Digital India.

While they were able to fulfil large orders from Dubai last year, the lockdown had created uncertainty this year with regards to availability of labour and also because of dry weather.

Farmers were staring at the grim prospect of having to sell their pineapples at low prices in the local market. Pineapples, especially the Queen Pineapple variety, is one of the major fruit crops of the state.

Sharing the news on his official Twitter handle, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote ‘Pineapples from Tripura got a buyer in Dubai through the digital agriculture platform of CSC’.

The farmer who used to sell pineapples in local markets at a very low price has got a very attractive price for his produce. CSC is a pan-India network and provides access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education and agriculture services to both B2B and B2C customers.