Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
January 6 , 2020 1704 days 1133 0
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) announced that eight states namely Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Karnataka finalized their action plan to boost agricultural exports.
The product clusters selected were at Jalandhar (Potato), Sangli (Grapes), Salem (Poultry products), Theni (Banana), Chittoor (Mango).
The Agricultural Export Policy was introduced in December 2018.
The policy aimed at doubling agricultural exports from 30 billion USD to 60 billion USD by 2022.
In 2016, India’s share in global agricultural exports was merely 2.2%.