New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- India must sharply improve crop quality and raise agricultural productivity to secure better prices in both domestic and should also aim to achieve global competitiveness to ramp up exports, Sudhanshu, Secretary of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) said on Monday.

India's vast agrarian base offers potential for export expansion, but only if quality becomes central to production.

"We have to work on improving the quality of the crop to fetch good prices in both domestic and global markets. We have an agrarian economy," Sudhanshu said during the Agri Business Summit 2025 in the national capital.

He said that India continues to trail China in terms of farm productivity....