Steps are being taken to export vegetables in international markets: Chetan Singh Jaudamajra

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Chetan Singh Jauramajra: Under the sincere and visionary thinking of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to strengthen the economic condition of farmers, Minister of Horticulture and Public Relations Department of Punjab Chetan Singh Jaudamajra held a meeting of various partners at Civil Secretariat Chandigarh on April 21, 2023.

In this meeting, he discussed various problems in agriculture and irrigation and also discussed about planting alternative crops in place of crops that consume more water and other mineral resources. He said that these valuable resources can be used for many other crops and vegetables, which can provide good business and help in improving the economy.

The Cabinet Minister mentioned that Punjab is a very fertile region in terms of agriculture, not only grains but also many other crops or vegetables can be grown on this holy land of the Guru. With value addition and processing, these alternative agricultural products can be more profitable for us.

In this regard, Jauda Majra also discussed the possibilities of promoting the cultivation of green pepper in Punjab and standardizing its production, marketing and processing. He further said, “With the implementation of this cluster, the farmers will get better value for their cultivation due to quality production of chillies and in addition due to the quality of production, farmers will be able to sell their cultivation in distant markets globally. “

The minister said that in Ferozepur, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran and Sangrur, the crop of chillies in 21940 acres has increased to 1.66 lakh metric tons i.e. more than one lakh 66 thousand metric tons. Cluster grown chillies MRL. are free and do not contain any heavy metals, such crops will also be exported to the international market by adopting sound agricultural practices.

Today at the Civil Secretariat chaired a high level meeting on the possibilities of promoting green pepper cultivation in Punjab, quality production, marketing and standardization. The benefit will be… pic.twitter.com/pAvxxDSDKD

— Chetan Singh Jouramajra (@jouramajra) April 21, 2023

He directed the officials to sensitize the farmers for better production and encourage them towards organic farming and also to make them aware of minimum use of pesticides in the production of crops. In this meeting CA in different parts of Punjab. A proposal to open a store was also given.

Horticulture Principal Secretary Sumer Singh Gurjar assured the Minister to implement all his farmer welfare initiatives and Horticulture Director Shailendra Singh made valuable contributions to achieve desired results.

In this meeting, Managing Director of Punjab Agricultural Industries Corporation, Markfed, Chairman of Punjab Agricultural Industries Corporation, Chairman of Markfed, Chairman of Punjab Mandi Board, Secretary of Punjab Mandi Board, Regional Office, APIDA. , Chandigarh Chief Harpreet Singh and Managing Directors of ITC, Kapurthala, Ceramica, Phillaur and Jalandhar were also present.

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