Port Blair, Mar 17: A team of remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ Agriculture Department is all set to participate in the 6th Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing Mission to China coinciding with the 14th China (Shouguang) International Vegetable Sci-tech fair from 26th April to 2nd May 2013, at Shanghai-Shouguang-Beijing.
The Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, has approved the participation of the A&N Islands Agriculture team in the fair.
“The 6th Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing Mission to China is being organized by the India China Alliance for Cooperation (ICAC), an organization which focuses on promoting Sino-India bilateral trade, investment and cultural cooperation to know more about the rapid strides in the field of agriculture and food processing,” a press release issued by IP&T said here today.
The week-long programme would be especially relevant to all those engaged in producing, processing and marketing of fruits and vegetables, post harvest technologies and organic farming.
“Participation in the China fair would also give an opportunity to the officials of the Directorate of Agriculture, A&N Administration to know about the different activities involved in the processing and value addition of fruits and vegetables in which China is the leading country,” the release added.
The key areas of interest would be frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, green house cultivation, technology to grow, process, preservation and package, technology for seeds production, emerging technologies for agriculture equipments for sowing, harvesting and post harvest processes.
He said that the main objective of the mission would be to identify areas of Sino-Indian trade and technology cooperation in the field of Agriculture, Horticulture, Food and Meat processing.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha, Dr. M A Salam the Director of Andaman’s Agriculture Department said that the three member team, which will join the other participants from India at Mainland, consists of one Deputy Director and two Assistant Directors of the Department.
However, Dr. Salam added that this is the first stage as the Andaman’s Delegation is still waiting for further clearance from the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
