New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- The Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF), a part of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has taken initiatives to raise awareness amongst farmers involved in the cultivation of Basmati rice in the key growing regions.

In and effort to boost export, BEDF in collaboration with the rice exporters associations of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Delhi, state agriculture universities and state agriculture departments, organised 75 awareness and training programmes to encourage farmers for growing high-quality Basmati rice in the seven states.

BEDF is also involved as technical partner for different FPOs, exporter associati...