CFTRI partners with APEDA in Guwahati for benefit of MSMEs, farmers

Guwahati, Feb 4 (KNN) In order to provide technical support to food industries in the North East, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) to start a liaison office of CSIR-CFTRI here.

CSIR-CFTRI has taken the initiative to start its liaison office here for the benefit of farmers, producers, entrepreneurs and exporters of the region.

The move is expected to strengthen the food processing sector in the North East and will have multiplying effect on the export of traditional and processed food products from the region.

“APEDA has taken many promotional activities to bring the Northeastern states in the export map. In 2019, five international buyer-seller meets were held in Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim to showcase the potential of agriculture/horticulture and processed food products including organic produce to open the export window from the Northeastern states,” a statement issued here on Monday said.

Capacity building is another such area where APEDA is keenly focusing to hand-hold the new exporters from the region.

“Recently, an exposure visit to Maharashtra, considered as one of the major export hubs, was organised to acquaint the exporters and state officials from Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland on export oriented farming, pack house, modern food processing units etc, besides, organising specific outreach programme and training on export process,” it said.

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