Summary
About 600 farmers joined a Farmer Producer Organisation to pack the fruit into 650 boxes.
The export let the farmers earn about 50 % more than selling locally.
This shows how working together can open new markets for growers.
Key Points
4 points1
1.3 metric tonnes of Kullu pomegranates were exported to Dubai.
2
The fruit was packed in 650 boxes, each weighing about 2 kilograms.
3
Around 600 farmers participated through a Farmer Producer Organisation.
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Farmers received roughly half more money compared with local sales.
New Words to Learn
8 wordsmetric tonnes
a very big weight, about 1,000 kilograms
Farmer Producer Organisation
a group where many farmers join together to sell their crops
export
to send goods to another country
procurement
buying or collecting things
coordination
working together smoothly
benchmark
a standard way to compare
diversify
to add different kinds of things
compliance
following the rules
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