An Memorandum of Understanding was signed between leading exporters-association and FPOs of Purvanchal region
APEDA recently organised ‘Agri-Export Conference cum Buyer Seller Meet’ at Mirzapur, where Union Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, Anupriya Patel and more than 700 farmers, exporters and farmers attended the conference. The conference was held to harness agricultural and processed food products exports potential from eastern Uttar Pradesh also referred to as Purvanchal.
Patel said that the country has set a $400 billion target for merchandise exports for 2021-22 and $262 billion of exports has already been achieved during April-November 2021-22 period. She said that a record export target of $43 billion has been set for agricultural products in 2021-22 and because of efforts by APEDA and farmers, this target would be achieved in the current fiscal.
Dr M Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA spoke about the initiatives taken by APEDA for boosting exports from the Purvanchal region. Praveen Kumar Lakskar, District Magistrate, Mirzapur attended the meet as Chief Guest.
During the conference, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between leading exporters-association and FPOs of Purvanchal region for increasing agricultural products exports. Export consignments of Non-Basmati Rice to China and Green chillies to the UAE were flagged off by Anupriya Patel and Dr Angamuthu, Chairman APEDA.
Senior officials from the Uttar Pradesh government, Mirzapur district administration, APEDA, International Rice Research Institute, ICAR-India Institute of Vegetable Research and representatives of exporters associations, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and other stakeholders attended the meeting.
Farmers mostly from the Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Varanasi, Ghazipur and Chandauli districts attended the conference.
