Haryana Basmati growers to be registered on portal

Karnal, January 27

Concerned over complaints from the European Union and other countries, the Agriculture Department will register all basmati growers in the state on the Centre’s portal basmati.net with the help of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) to maintain the quality of basmati.

As per the authorities, this step will boost basmati exports by incorporating quality traceability in production and supply. At present, India exports rice worth Rs 53,990 crore, including basmati valued at Rs 32,804 crore.

This information was disclosed by Vinita, DGM, APEDA, at a workshop on “online registration of farmers in basmati.net system for organising the supply chain of export of basmati rice”.

The department would upload information, including names of farmers, mobile numbers, land records and details of quality and quantity of fertilisers and pesticides used. The farmers would get advisory about fertilisers and pesticides from APEDA, she said.