{"id":151046,"date":"2021-02-22T02:02:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T20:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=151046"},"modified":"2021-02-22T02:02:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T20:32:40","slug":"agri-horti-products-of-arunachal-being-showcased-at-gulfood-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/02\/22\/agri-horti-products-of-arunachal-being-showcased-at-gulfood-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Agri-horti products of Arunachal being showcased at Gulfood 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DUBAI, 21 Feb:<\/strong> A team from Arunachal, led by Agriculture and Horticulture Secretary Bidol Tayeng, arrived here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to promote and showcase the agriculture\/horticulture produces in the Gulfood Show 2021 here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Touted as the world&#8217;s biggest annual food and hospitality exhibition, the five-day Gulfood show began at the World Trade Centre here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The state is focusing on its strength in products, such as turmeric, ginger, large cardamom and organic tea, apart from other fruits and vegetables,&#8221; Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Marketing Board (APAMB) CEO Okit Palling said in a release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Dubai plays a major role as a re-exporter of food and food-related equipment, the state government is focusing on exporting spices from Arunachal to major players in Dubai, Palling said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UAE is one of the biggest markets for spices, cereals and fruits in the Middle East, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arunachal has set up a stall at the event to showcase the potential products to its potential consumers and for B2B tie-ups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twenty-five thousand companies from 85 countries are participating in the event, Palling said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;There is a keen interest on products from the Northeast region of the country, and Arunachal is creating a buzz for its organic products. It is very visible from the visitors coming to the state&#8217;s stall,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The team will engage with buyers, importers and value addition players during the five-day show and leverage a few B2B meetings, so as to create a big pull in the market for Arunachal&#8217;s products,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other team members include the horticulture director, the joint director, the APAMB CEO and an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI, 21 Feb: A team from Arunachal, led by Agriculture and Horticulture Secretary Bidol Tayeng, arrived here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to promote and showcase the agriculture\/horticulture produces in the Gulfood Show 2021 here. Touted as the world&#8217;s biggest annual food and hospitality exhibition, the five-day Gulfood show began at the World Trade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-151046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}