Agriculture in India : News, Updates, Discussion & Analysis

'INI Farms', a registered entity under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, recognized as a leading exporter of fruits and vegetables from India. planning to export pomegranates to USA . Test batch of fresh pomegranates being air-exported to the United States. Earlier Indian mangoes have found a robust demand in the US market


Banana varieties like Red Banana, Nendran banana and Rasakadali, grown in the Kanniyakumari district has received its Geographical Indication (GI) tag.


Low Pesticide Residue & Sweeter Taste Meghalaya Pineapples getting demand in International Markets . Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of Meghalaya and Meghalaya Basin Management Agency (MBMA) had recently facilitated market linkages of over 1.3 tonnes of Pineapples to the Middle East. The pineapples from Meghalaya are being sold across malls in Dubai, Kuwait and Sharjah. Further, farmers are also experiencing up to two times increase in price realisation from these trades.

 
Assam government has approved processing of Agarwood (used for perfume) harvested from private plantations to grow its industry. It is under the nation's 'one district one product initiative'.


Kino seed oil from Karnataka ( vijayasar tree) is finding high demand in Belgium . Bark of the tree has Lots of uses in traditional medicine in india .