Agri Exports

Nationalist Congress Party chief and former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for not doing enough to remove hurdles in the export of fruits and vegetables. He was speaking to the media at an event in Sanpada in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. The Centre is not paying attention to issues being faced in the export of fruits and vegetables, which was distressing farmers, especially those growing onion, a crop that needs to be exported in order to fetch a good price domestically, Pawar said. He also flagged the increase in land acquisition for infrastructure projects like highways and expressways, rail routes and airports, all of which he claimed also put load on the agriculture sector. "The Centre must provide support for the modernisation of agriculture. The production of fruits and vegetables is on the rise but there are hurdles in its export, which the Centre is not paying attention to," he added.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration Thursday constituted an expert committee to frame a comprehensive export promotion policy to identify agricultural commodities in the Union Territory that can be exported. The main objective of the policy is to increase annual agricultural exports from Rs 190 crore currently to Rs 3,000 crore over the next five years, a senior officer said. "The primary assignment of the committee would be to develop commodity-specific export promotion recommendations which shall include strategic and operational aspects of the export and shall provide all necessary technical inputs to the agriculture production department within one month for finalization and implementation on the ground," he said. The policy would promote the brand "Jammu and Kashmir" for its pristine agro-climatic conditions, uniqueness and near-organic quality, the officer said. It would aim to bring a paradigm shift in the approach from mere harvesting and selling of produce at the local le

The ban on export of broken rice and duty on outbound shipment of non-basmasti/non-paraboiled rice will boost local supplies and ease pressure on the domestic prices, a senior government official said on Thursday. As per the data maintained by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, the wholesale prices have risen by 10.7 per cent to Rs 3,357.2 per quintal as on September 14 from Rs 3,047.32 per quintal a year ago. The retail prices have gone up by 9.47 per cent to Rs 38.15 per kg from Rs 34.85 per kg. Animal feed prices too have increased. Maize price rose from Rs 19 per kg on January 1, 2022 to Rs 24 per kg on September 8, 2022. Broken rice price has also increased from Rs 16 per kg to Rs 22 per kg during the same period. The local prices have come under pressure following the likely drop in rice output by 6-7 million tonnes in the ongoing kharif season of 2022-23 crop year (July-June) despite enough stocks in the government godowns. "The local rice price have begun to stabilise after

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