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India sees slump in fruit and vegetable exports

A sharp, 18 per cent slump in the exports of fruit and vegetables alone in the past two years -- largely due to a stringent green norm and heightened quality standards, particularly in Europe -- has prompted a slew of long-term remedial measures including improvement in pre-harvest conditions and cluster farming to improve quality.

"We are working on issues such as grading, cleaning, testing, irradiation to ensure standard quality of fruits to be exported. However, we need to focus on the pre-harvest conditions such as use of fertilisers, pesticides, seeds and supervision to root out the problem of residue. It is likely to take two years to execute the plan," Agricultural and Processed Food and Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) Chairman D.K. Singh told IANS.

He also said that the concept of cluster farming was also being mulled to obtain produce of a particular variety and uniform quality.

Read more at The Tribune