(The Gist of PIB) APEDA-CFTRI Sign MoU for Liaison Office  [FEBRUARY-2020]

(The Gist of PIB) APEDA-CFTRI Sign MoU for Liaison Office

APEDA-CFTRI Sign MoU for Liaison Office

• A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by CSIR-CFTRI with APEDA to set up a Liaison Office in Guwahati, Assam to provide technical support to the food industries in the NorthEast region.

Key highlights:

• It will benefit the farmers, producers and entrepreneurs.
• APEDA has undertaken many promotional activities recently to bring the North East states of India on to the export map.
• In 2019 five international buyer seller meets were organised by APEDA 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 North Eastern States.
• Capacity building is another such area where APEDA is keenly focusing to hand-hold the new exporters from the North East region.
• APEDA has also organised specific outreach programmes and training on export process for the stakeholders from the North East region.
• It has been in the forefront for generating quality human resources for the development of the food industry.

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