APEDA Facilitates Export of Millet Functional Foods to New Zealand

Why in the news?

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the first-ever sea shipment of botanical-infused ready-to-cook millet functional foods from Karnataka to New Zealand.

Key Highlights

• Export consignment:
  • One metric tonne of value-added millet-based functional foods.
• Exporter:
  • M/s Infini Agrotek LLP, Bengaluru.
• Shipment flagged off on:
  • 3 June 2026.
• Product category:
  • Botanical-infused ready-to-cook millet functional foods.
• Trade promotion support:
  • Exporter participated in:
    • World Food India 2025
    • Indus Food 2025
    • Gulfood 2026
• Outcome:
  • APEDA-supported networking helped secure export orders from New Zealand.
• Significance:
  • Expands global market access for Indian millet products.
  • Promotes value-added agri exports.
  • Expected to improve incomes of millet-growing farmers.
  • Strengthens India’s agri-export ecosystem.

About APEDA

• The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is a statutory body established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
• Headquartered in New Delhi, APEDA is responsible for developing, promoting, and regulating the export of agricultural and processed food products from India.

[2018] With reference to organic farming in India, consider the following statements:
1.‘The National ‘Programme for Organic Production’ (NPOP) is operated under the guidelines and ‘directions of the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
2.‘The Agricultural and Processed Food Product Export Development Authority ‘(APEDA) functions as the Secretariat for the implementation of NPOP.
3.Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic State.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 2 and 3 only

[C] 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3