Holds dragon fruit promotion programme for the Saudi Arabia market
APEDA in association with the Indian embassy organised a Virtual Buyer Seller Meet (VBSM) with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic where key officials and stakeholders from food industries for both the countries participated.
The virtual meet with Laos was the 37th in the series of VBSM organised by APEDA with various countries for boosting exports of agricultural and processed food from India. India mostly exports buffalo meat, marine products, groundnut, cotton, oil meals, animal casing and spices to Laos.
In a major boost to exports of exotic fruits, APEDA in association with the Indian embassy today organised a dragon fruit promotion programme for the Saudi Arabia market in association with a leading retailer group. Dragon Fruit is also referred to as Kamalam in India.
APEDA recently facilitated dragon fruit exports from Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal to the UK, King of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The cultivation of dragon fruit requires less water and can be grown in various kinds of soils. At present, dragon fruit is grown mostly in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. West Bengal is new to taking up cultivation of this exotic fruit.
