Manipur claims a share of 7.46% in pineapple production in India, placed sixth in the pecking order
By Staff Reporter | September 8, 2022 | 14:00 Hours
Manipur produced 134.82 metric tonne of pineapples in 2020-21. Evan Wise / Unsplash
With a production of 134.82 metric tonne (MT) in 2020-21, Manipur ranks sixth in pineapple production having a share of 7.46% in total production in India.
In a move towards harnessing export potential of naturally grown, organic certified fresh pineapples of North-Eastern Region (NER) centre, through Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) recently organised an in-store export promotion programme in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for Manipur’s pineapples among consumers.
The fibre-rich Manipur pineapples were procured from Thayong Organic Producer Company Ltd in Imphal East district.
The Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) has supported the sourcing of organic certified Kwe variety of pineapples directly from the farmers of Manipur.
With the intervention of APEDA, there has been a significant increase in the export of agricultural produce from NE states like Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Meghalaya in the last few years.
Besides pineapple, the APEDA has decided to take forward the promotion of other locally grown unique horticultural products from Manipur to the international market. The other unique products from Manipur are tamenglong orange, kachai lemon, black rice, etc.
Tripura was the first Northeastern state to export its ‘queen’ variety of pineapple to Dubai and Doha in 2018.
