Tap export opportunities in value-added coriander products: Spices Board Chief

To capitalise on India’s prowess in the coriander cultivation, Spices Board now seems at tapping prospects in export of full coriander and other worth-added processed merchandise from the seed-spice.

At a a short while ago-held webinar on “Accelerating Quality Output, Post-Harvesting, Worth Addition & Export of Coriander from India”, Spices Board Chairman-cum-Secretary D Sathiyan asked business owners and exporters to harness the prospect in export of full coriander and other processed merchandise these as coriander split (daal), powder and essential oil.

Exploring worth-added merchandise these as Indian curry powder and mouth-freshener imbued by coriander is the way forward to raise coriander use each in domestic and export markets. Spices Board and DBT-SABC Biotech KISAN hub — in partnership with important stakeholders such as ICAR-NRCSS, RSAMB & Kota Agri University — prepared a roadmap to improve export of coriander and minimise the imports.

Endorsing Rajasthan

The Hadoti region of South-East Rajasthan and Guna district of Madhya Pradesh are endowed with coriander crop. Hadoti is also viewed as as epicentreof manufacturing of coriander seed.

Looking at the potential clients, Spices Board member Anu Shree Poonia has urged to set coordinated attempts by all departments to make Rajasthan the upcoming spice manufacturing and export hub. Notably, Ramganj APMC Mandi in Kota district is the greatest coriander market place, while the Union Ministry of Meals Processing Industries experienced a short while ago assigned “coriander” to the district of Kota in the listing of A person District A person Product or service (ODOP).

Yashwant Bafna, Chairman, APMC, Ramganj Mandi and PCK Maheshwaran, a coriander exporter, touched upon the issues confronted by processors, sector and exporters and named upon the Centre and State Governments to instantly choose actions towards coriander price tag manipulation induced by futures investing either by restricting deal validity from six months to 3 months or by banning futures investing.