21 January 2021
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) in association with Andhra Pradesh Drought Mitigation Project (APDMP), an externally aided project funded by IFAD, organised a virtual buyer-eller meet with millet exporters and FPOs of millet for establishing marketing linkages.
Considering the potential of increasing exports of millet and millet products and the focus given by the government for development of millet sector of nurti cereals, APEDA is closely interacting with Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR) and other stakeholders like National Institute Nutrition, CFTRI and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) for perspective planning of five years for promotion of millets and millet products. This platform has provided an opportunity to the exporters and FPOs to interact with each other for supply and sourcing of products.
For the first time in its history, Joynagar moa being exported
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The highly popular Bengali sweet, available only during winter months, is highly perishable
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The highly popular Bengali sweet, available only during winter months, is highly perishable
For the first time in its history, the Joynagar
moa, a highly popular Bengali sweet that is available only during the winter months, is being exported.
The first trial shipment reached Bahrain on Wednesday and the exporter had received a repeat order that’s double the 45 kg already sent.
The
moa is a popped-rice ball held together with fresh date-palm jaggery, and since its manufacture is mostly confined to the town of Joynagar (near Kolkata), it has earned the Geographical Indication tag of Joynagar Moa.
The first consignment of GI-tagged Joynagar Moa will leave Calcutta on Wednesday. Thirty kilos of moa will land in Bahrain after flying out of Calcutta in specially created packages.
Along with it will travel a little over 100 kilos of patali gur (date palm jaggery), another winter delicacy from Bengal.
“This is the first time GI-tagged Joynagar Moa will be exported from Bengal,” said Sandeep Saha of the Agricultural and Process Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Union ministry of commerce and industry.
“We have also received enquiries from Italy and Canada. We will wait for feedback about the first consignment and then take our next step.”
Global maize price spike holds domestic rate stable despite bird flu impact on poultry sector
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A nearly eight percent rise in maize prices in the global market since the beginning of 2021 has helped domestic prices stabilise despite the poultry industry, the primary consuming sector, being hit by avian influenza outbreak across India.
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Monday, 18 January, 2021, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is mandated to promote and develop exports of agricultural and processed food products from India. Dr Tarun Bajaj, director of APEDA, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, shares information about the apex organisationâs yearly progress, virtual events, new market ventures, and exports post pandemic recovery, in an email interview with
Manjushree Naik. Excerpts.
Exports from India bettered the earlier record last fiscal. How has this been affected this year due to pandemic?
In general, this financial fiscal year, there is an improvement in the exports last year. In the month of April, 2020 of lockdown, there was down fall in exports to the extent of 25 per cent which in May, 2020 came down to 19 per cent and in June. 2020 to 10 per cent. From July, 2020 onwards, increase vis.a.vis. the similar period wa