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APEDA inks MoU with NAFED

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Strengthen export linkage of farmer cooperatives and FPOs

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED). According to the MoU, the key areas of cooperation include facilitating APEDA registered exporters getting assistance under all the Government of India schemes implemented through NAFED. The MoU also envisages ensuring sustainability and growth of exports by cooperatives by addressing issues such as technology, skill, quality products and market access.

The collaborations between APEDA, which functions under the Ministry of Commerce & NAFED, registered under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, also support engaging cooperatives involved in agricultural production for improving the quality of agri-produce and its consolidation for better price realisation to the farmers. APEDA would facilitate exports by the cooperatives, FPO’s, partners and associates identified and promoted by NAFED.

APEDA and NAFED will also facilitate the participation of Farmers’ Cooperatives in global trade including B2B & B2C fairs to be organised in India and abroad and also to mutually cooperate in international business development & promotions.

The MoU also entails assisting with capacity building of Cooperative Societies, Self-Help Groups (SHGs) for their social and environmental compliances and skilling as per international standards. Both the organisations would organise awareness programmes skill development programmes and workshops at regional, state and national levels.

APEDA and NAFED have also agreed to work in close coordination towards sustainable cluster development of the clusters in various states notified under Agri export policy.

The MoU was signed by Dr M Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA and Sanjeev Kumar Chadha, MD, NAFED. The MoU was signed for utilising both the organisations’ expertise by mutually working together to synergise the activities in the interest of agriculture and allied sectors for bringing better value to the stakeholders.

At present, NAFED is creating a network of honey FPOs across Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Around 65 FPOs will be part of the honey corridor linking northwest to north-eastern regions. NAFED is aiming at bringing all the FPOs associated with honey production for creating requisite infrastructure under the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission, NAFED’s subsidiary Federation of Indian FPOs and Aggregators (FIFA) is currently partnering with FPOs and the private sector.

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