The MoU will help to boost agri-exports from Uttarakhand
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development Authority (APEDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
The MoU envisages cooperation between APEDA and GBPUAT which would harness their respective expertise and resources for the development of agriculture products exports from India. For creating product-specific clusters for exports, two institutions of repute would jointly develop technologies for advanced alertness, efficient and precision farming for enhancing quality exports.
The MoU also focusses on the use of digital agriculture including drones, satellites, GIS and GPS to be promoted for early assessment of health, productivity and production of major crops of Uttarakhand.
APEDA and GBPUAT would collaborate for diversifying the export basket, destinations and for boosting high-value agricultural exports and establishing Brand India globally. Along with other horticultural, livestock and new innovative products, GBPUAT would focus primarily on boosting exports of products such as basmati rice, millets, medicinal, aromatic, horticultural, and other plants for nutraceutical plant extract, oil, powder from Uttarakhand.
The MoU also aims to establish Basmati-Rice and Millets Export Development Centre for providing support and necessary infrastructure for facilitating production and setting up a value chain for Agri-export.
APEDA and GBPAU would take up joint projects for the development and export of agricultural and processed food products which includes fruit, vegetable clusters development, facilitation cum monitoring cell in Uttarakhand.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Dr M Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA and Dr AK Shukla, Vice-Chancellor, GBPAU. APEDA would provide financial support for NABL accredited lab, capacity building, infrastructural development of agricultural export.
