Peach Exports From Pakistan

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) has adopted Integrated Management Strategies to control fruit fly in orchards and facilitate peach growers to improve quality and quantity of exports. The council, as part of its measures, also established Germplasm Units in public sector for bud-wood supply to commercial nurseries and ensured true to type and high quality nursery plant production. Sources at Commerce Division on Monday said that PARC was also ensuring trainings and capacity building of growers for orchards management (pruning, insect/pest control, fertiliser application and irrigation etc). Moreover, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) plans to organise Fruit Shows and seminars to promote export of fruits from the country. The sources said peaches are being exported both in fresh and dried form. During the year 2015-16, peaches amounting to a value of Rs13,99,000 were exported whereas no peaches have been exported from Pakistan during 2014-15.

Source: The Nation

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