The Agricultural and Processed Exports Development Authority (APEDA), based on input from exporters, reported that sales of millets, both domestically and internationally, have increased by approximately 30% since the designation of the International Year of Millets in 2023. The prominence of millet goods in supermarkets has also expanded, as has knowledge of millets and their…
The first organization to receive IndG.A.P certification for foxtail millet is a farmer-producer organization (FPO) called Sri Rapthadu Mandala Raithu Utpatti Darula MACS, which is based in the Andhra Pradesh district of Anantapur. It is supported by the agricultural businesses Samunnati and eFresh Agri Business Solutions. The development occurs at a time when India’s government…
The Center’s organization for promoting agricultural exports, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), would concentrate on the export of organic millets and hit a target of 2,000 crores by FY26. The expected value of millet exports in 2021–22 is 460 crore, with a 14% increase from the previous year. By exporting…
Despite concerns over production, the government set the estimated amount of rice it will purchase for the central pool at 518 lakh tonnes (LT), an increase of 1.60 percent from the previous year. In a meeting presided over by Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey here, the estimates were finalized following discussions with state food secretaries…
