GUWAHATI, Jan. 21 -- Rajesh Prasad, Principal Secretary and Agriculture Production Commissioner, today flagged off the first export consignment of organic fresh ginger and turmeric at a ceremony held here at the Momai Tamuli Barboruah Training Centre, Directorate of Horticulture & Food Processing, Assam.
Two tonnes of fresh ginger and turmeric produced by Tetelia Agro Organic Producer Company Ltd, Kamrup, under the Mission for Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) was sent to Swaziland in southern Africa, in collaboration with Greencover Overseas, Guwahati, said an official statement. Tetelia Agro has received an order for 150 tonnes of organic fresh ginger and turmeric.
Prasad expressed satisfaction on the p...