Floriculture exports edge up to $78 million
May 28, 2021
UK lockdown halves fresh cut roses shipments
Aided by higher realisation, India’s floriculture exports including both fresh cut and dry flowers increased 2.5 per cent in value terms at about $78 million during financial year 2020-21 compared with previous year’s $76 million.
The growth in value is despite a six per cent decline in volume and the supply chain disruption triggered by the Covid lockdowns during the year.
Export volumes were lower by 6.6 per cent at 15,842 tonnes compared with 16,949 tonnes in the previous financial year, according to the Agricultural and Processed Foods Exports Development Authority (Apeda). A break-up of volumes for fresh cut flowers and dry flowers were not available.
As export markets wilt, roses look to bloom on home turf
February 12, 2021
Trade sees a pick-up in domestic demand this Valentines season
As flight connectivity to the UK and Europe, key markets for Indian roses, remains disrupted on account of Covid, the growers are forced to rely on the domestic market this Valentine’s season.
Valentines is the main season for the rose growers and shipments this year, so far, are only a third of the normal on muted demand.
“We have seen only 30-40 per cent of the normal demand for the season as small exports are taking place to countries such as Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. However, there are no exports taking place to Europe, our main market, due to the Covid lockdown” said Shrikant Bollapally, President, Growers Flower Council of India, a growers’ body.
But not this year
. . . The flower farms at Bengaluru, Pune and a few other places are alive with color but this has not brought smiles to the growers and exporters. Reason: Covid-19 and its aftermath. Praveen Sharma, President, Indian Society of Floriculture Professionals (IFSP) was blunt when he told
FlyingTypers: “Let’s separate the signal from the noise. 2020 was the toughest year in the recent past for Indian flower growers for two reasons: the Covid-19 lockdown and the Nisarg Cyclone. “The two dealt blows that were both catastrophic and fatal for many flower growers,” Sharma said. Nothing From Nothing Means Nothing
Everybody’s Talkin . . . a tune from his great album
Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, that was immortalized in the film “Midnight Cowboy”, here is the late, great Harry Nilsson in 1968, talking the talk.
But not this year
. . . The flower farms at Bengaluru, Pune and a few other places are alive with color but this has not brought smiles to the growers and exporters. Reason: Covid-19 and its aftermath. Praveen Sharma, President, Indian Society of Floriculture Professionals (IFSP) was blunt when he told
FlyingTypers: “Let’s separate the signal from the noise. 2020 was the toughest year in the recent past for Indian flower