The Andhra Pradesh State government and Quality Council of India (QCI) organised a ‘Andhra Pradesh Gunvatta Sankalp’, a one-day workshop to discuss and deliberate on quality interventions in agriculture and allied sectors to augment and support State governments’ initiatives towards quality improvement, here on Tuesday.
On the occasion, Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy said that Andhra Pradesh was the first State in the country to receive the accreditation from the QCI for issuing IndGAP (India Good Agricultural Practices) Certification which helps the farmers, Farmer Producers Organisations (FPOs) and exporters to access markets in more than 130 countries across the globe. During Kharif, 2023 IndGAP certification programme was organised in 600 hectares on pilot basis involving 33 FPOs covering various agricultural and horticultural crops. As on date, 14 FPOs have been qualified for issuance of IndGAP certificates, he said.
The Minister said that the Gunvatta Sankalp would have to bridge the channels together for ensuring the development of a quality ecosystem in the agriculture and allied sectors in the State.
