Buyer Seller Meet organised by APEDA, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to promote Dragon Fruit export
By PIB Delhi
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a “Buyer Seller Meet on Dragon Fruit” was organized by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Bangalore Regional Office in collaboration with the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, and KAPPEC, at the GKVK Campus, Bangalore to promote export of Dragon Fruit.
Delivering the keynote address, Dr. M. Angamuthu, Chairman of APEDA said that more stakeholders’ interaction will be done in the future and a Reverse Buyer Seller Meet will be organized to promote Dragon Fruit and value-added products in order to boost exports. He pointed towards the collaboration with I.I.H.R. for standardization of fruit parameters and value-added products to help the industry. The Meet was attended by Farmers/FPOs and exporters. Officials from JDGFT, KAPPEC, and UAS were present during the event. Dr. S. Rajendra Prasad, Vice-Chancellor, UAS (B) inaugurated the event.
APEDA, a Statutory Body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, is the nodal agency for promoting Indian agro and processed food exports and is responsible for facilitating and promoting the export of horticulture, floriculture, processed food, poultry products, dairy, and other agro products.
APEDA has taken a number of export promotion activities and initiatives, by way of the development of virtual portals for organizing Virtual Trade Fairs, Farmer Connect Portal, e-office, Hortinet Traceability system, Buyer Seller Meets, Reverse Buyer Seller Meets, product-specific campaigns, etc. APEDA has been closely working with the state government for creating infrastructure and promotion of export from the state.
