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Karnataka to promote Bengaluru Rose onion exports
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Jan, 2020
Four onion growing producer organisations of Karnataka
signed an agreement with the city-based BS Allium Cepa Exports Ltd to
promote Bengaluru Rose onion exports, an official said on Wednesday.
"The
state government has identified Chikkaballapur, Kolar and Bengaluru
Rural district as rose onion clusters to encourage their exports under
the agriculture export policy of the Central government through
interventions," said an official of the Karnataka State Agricultural
Produce Processing and Export Corporation Ltd (KSAPPEC) in a statement
here.
Rose onion, grown in about 1,200 hectares of farmlands in
Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapur and Kolar districts, is much sought
after in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand for spicy
food.
"As rose onion does not have much demand in the domestic
market, most of the produce is exported every year from Bengauru," said
the statement.
The Bengaluru Rose onion is a special GI tagged
variety due to its unique characteristic of deep red in colour with high
pungency and special taste.
"The agreement will enable 2,500
farmers in the 3 districts to produce about 20,000 tonne of rose onion
for export per annum," said the statement.
The state-run National
Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), an apex
development finance institute, is working with KSAPPEC to address supply
chain constraints to export the rose onion crop.
Nabard Chief General Manager Niraj Kumar Verma and KAPPEC Managing Director B. Shivaraju were present on the occasion.
The
state government is also making efforts to identify clusters to promote
export of pomegranate, coffee and black pepper through better
post-harvest management, training on global gap certification and value
addition.
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