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7,381 more farmers register vineyards for grape export.
Jan 07, 2022

After the extension of the deadline to register vineyards for grape export, around 7,381 more farmers have registered their vineyards spread across 4,500 hectares.
 
Earlier, the deadline for registration was November 30, and only 25,571 farmers had registered their vineyards spread on 15,600 hectares. Considering the poor response, the state agricultural department extended the deadline for registration to December 31. As a result, more farmers have registered their vineyards over the past month.
 
So far, a total of 32,952 farmers have registered 20,100 hectare of vineyards for the current grape harvest season 2021-22 (December-April).
 
However, there is still a drop in the number of registrations for this grape season when compared to the previous season (2020-21).
 
Last year, around 37,090 farmers had registered their vineyards on 22,790 hectares. This year, registration has been reduced by 11%. As many as 32,952 grape farmers have registered their vineyards on 20,447 hectares so far.
 
Manik Patil, the director of Grape Exporters’ Association of India (GEAI), said the grape exporters have been facing problems for the past two years.
 
While the freight charges have doubled from $4,000 to $8,000 per container, the cost of packaging materials has also increased by 30%. Therefore, most of the farmers have refrained from registering their vineyards for the export considering that they will not get adequate rates from the traders due to the rise in freight and other charges.
 
This resulted in a poor response from the grape farmers initially. But some farmers, who had decided not to register their vineyards earlier, did register after the extension of the deadline to December 31, 2021.
 
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development authority has made registration of vineyards mandatory for the grape-growers since 2004 to promote export quality grapes production.
    
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