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Jammu and Kashmir govt sends consignment of vegetables to UAE Kashmiri Vegetables
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Jammu and Kashmir govt sends consignment of vegetables to UAE

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 24 Jan 2023, 05:37 pm

Srinagar: The Department of Agriculture Kashmir in collaboration with an international marketing group (Lulu) recently sent its second consignment of vegetables from the region to the UAE.

The vegetable consignment sent on Monday was from the Dal area of Srinagar and from Lalgam of Sub-division Budgam, reports ANI.

It was procured by Fair exports private limited from a Farmers Producer Organisation (FPO), Dal Lake Stem Producer Company Ltd., and a progressive farmer of a nearby village. The consignment was flagged off by the Director of Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal, the Indian news agency reported.

Speaking on the occasion, the Director of Agriculture told ANI, “Receiving new orders for our vegetables from the markets like Dubai, is encouraging."

“The department is working on a long-term ambitious plan to strengthen the export promotion policy of UT of Jammu and Kashmir,” he added.

He said that the department is endeavouring to get more and more farmers, agri-preneurs attracted towards the international trade of Kashmir-specific agriculture produce with the aim to fetch high returns for their produce.

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