The 8th Annual General Meeting of the Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF) was held on 24th November 2020. During the AGM, it was also decided to organize a Workshop with stakeholders for increasing the share of Organic Basmati Rice. It was also decided to encourage the exporters for value addition and product and product diversification.
- Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF) is a registered society founded by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- BEDF has set up state of the art laboratory with facilities for DNA finger printing for variety identification of Basmati Rice and testing of pesticide residues, aflatoxins and heavy metals.
- The laboratory and Demonstration &Training Farm has been set up at the Campus of SVP University of Agriculture and Technology, Modipuram.
About Basmati Rice
- Basmati rice is the largest agro product for export from India.
- During 2019-20 India exported 4.45 million MT of Basmati Rice with value of US 4331 Million.
- Over last 10 years, Basmati Rice Exports have more than doubled. During 2009-10 the export of Basmati Rice was of the order of 2.17 Million MT.
- The major markets are Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, EU and USA. Basmati Rice is a registered Geographical Indication (GI).
- Basmati Rice is a registered Geographical Indication (GI) in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh , NCR Delhi, Uttarkhand , Uttar Pradesh and UT of Jammu & Kashmir.
