NEW DELHI: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) would like to take Sikkim’s organic model to other parts of the country, said 

Dr. M. Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA at a one-day International Buyer Seller Meet (IBSM) held in Gangtok.

The global buyer-seller meet is a part of APEDA’s robust strategy to promote the export of indigenous and locally grown organic agricultural and horticultural products from the northeastern region.

The meet was held in association with the state Agriculture Department to showcase a variety of agricultural products, including exotic fruits and vegetables, grown in landlocked Sikkim to the world market.

The exclusive BSM will provide an opportunity to the producers and processors of Sikkim to showcase their products and promote the exports as well as their wholesale and retail sales.

Sikkim is the first 100 percent organic state in the world and has a huge agricultural potential as the state is one of the hot-spot in the Eastern Himalayas.

APEDA Chairman M. Angamuthu said, “We all know Sikkim is a leader in organic products. We want to promote Sikkim’s purest form of organic in the country as well as across the globe in the days to come. Let us work together and promote Sikkim as the choicest and finest destinations in terms of horticulture, value-added organic products and other range of products where we have a competitive and comparative advantage.”

“Sikkim can set an example in the Indian organic market as we want to take the Sikkim model in other parts of the country. On the lines of Sikkim, we want to develop Jammu & Kashmir and other Himalayan states, including the northeast region states for organic farming and promote organic agricultural products in the international market,” he said.