Manipur, July 13 -- In the effort to meet the rise in demand for the state's organic pineapples, Manipur has started exporting locally grown queen pineapples to different cities through air cargo for the third consecutive year. Flagging off the first air shipment of 1.2 MT at the Bir Tikendrajit International Airport on Sunday, Chief Minister N Biren Singh assured pineapple growers in the state that the government would buy all their produces.

The Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA), which started the export of organic pineapples in 2018, has set a total target quantity of 220 MT to be exported for the year 2020. MOMA functions comes under the department of Horticulture and Social Conservation, government of Manipur.

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