The Maharashtra government has taken a slew of measures to promote the export of fruits and vegetables. In the last three months, the state has shipped around 2761.41 tonnes of fruits and vegetables through various export facilitation centres set up by the Maharashtra State Agriculture Marketing Board (MSAMB). Maharashtra has exported mangoes, grapes, pomegranates, oranges, bananas, onion as well as vegetables such as lady finger, bitter gourd, drum sticks, green chillies among others to the European Union, Thailand, Netherlands, Doha, Bahrain and the US. Financialexpress.com quoted the managing director […]
Read MoreFour years after building a new agricultural marketing yard on the outskirts of the city, authorities finally managed to shift only 40% of traders from the old yard in Yeshwantapur to the new one. While this has eased traffic around the busy Yeshwantapur area, traders who are not happy with the facilities at the new yard are planning to build their own yard. The Department of Agricultural Marketing developed an alternative market in Dasanpura so as to meet the increasing demand for space, besides decongesting the busy Yeshwanthpur area. The […]
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