Aiming to boost India’s agriculture exports, the new Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that the Ministry will soon bring out a policy framework for facilitating access to global markets for the Indian agriculture produce. He also said that the ministry will work on developing the global supply chain for the agriculture sector and added that multi-laterally there is also need to work on removing trade restrictions.
Prabhu also said that if farmers produce something, they should get an access to global market and get better prices for that, and for that, his ministry will put in place a good policy framework very soon. He said 'We will start working on that. This is on our agenda ... my ministry will make sure that we will achieve this goal to ensure that India's agriculture is also able to feed global economy.' Prabhu further said that the ministry will work on developing agriculture parks in India.
The government aims to double farmers’ income by 2022. Crop diversification, focus on allied sectors and food processing and tapping global markets are among the steps the government is taking to meet the target. According to the data by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), in 2016-17, export of agri products, such as cereals, processed fruit and vegetables, processed foods, and animal products, was around $16.27 billion.
