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Push for agro export promotion to achieve $23.56 billion target
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IANS | 16 Aug, 2022
In a renewed push for agro export promotion to achieve USD 23.56 billion
target for 2022-23, APEDA, an export promotion body for agricultural
products of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry has made an outreach
strategy.
Officials said that nearly 300 events will be
organised under the plan in the current year for boosting exports. The
APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development
Authority) has planned to create awareness among stakeholders of food
export by highlighting its impact on human life through various online
platforms, including social media platforms.
As per the proposed
outreach strategy, it is planned to establish a strong and regular
connection with exporters, farmers, Agriprenures, food processors,
logistics providers, foreign exchange management companies, etc, with
the help of different mainstream publications and electronic channels as
well as prominent social media platforms by highlighting a list of
potential products have an abundant export potential.
A list of
potential markets will also be displayed at various social media
platforms. Besides country-wise and product-wise specific requirements
of India's export potential, products would be highlighted especially at
the APEDA portal for exporters.
Also, quick updation of
importing countries' requirements immediately may be circulated among
the stakeholders and product wise benefits of India's exports to its
preferential partner countries would also be highlighted to grab more
opportunity in the partner countries.
To attract more exporters,
APEDA export procedures would be circulated at various platforms
especially at electronic media and one pager news of its procedure for
export to be circulated at grass root and village level along with its
benefits.
Working in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
clarion call towards creating Atmanirbhar Bharat, focus is on nurturing
potential budding Agriprenures through practical and technical training
and motivate them to choose agriculture export as an attractive career.
The
apex agro export promotion body of the Ministry of Commerce &
Industry also proposed to organise a programme for Agriprenures to
harvest export opportunities from diversified agro climatic zones in
India.
The stakeholders in agri supply chain such as farmers,
students, officials, etc would be oriented for agriculture export
procedures, guidelines, fiscal and financial incentives in agri supply
chain from government, sanitary and phyto-sanitary issues in supply
chain viz., residues, maximum residue limits, traceability, etc.
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