It quoted Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal as saying that the government’s policies helped farmers to get access to the global markets and also ensure food security. in 2021-22. “In collaboration with our foreign missions, we have coordinated development of logistics as well as focus on the production of quality produce, which has boosted India’s rice exports prospects,” the statement quoted Dr. M. Angamuthu, Chairman, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) as saying. Benin is one of the major importers of non-basmati rice from India. Other destination countries are Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Cote D’ Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, Guinea, Vietnam, Djibouti, Madagascar, Cameroon Somalia, Malaysia, Liberia and U.A.E. among others. Better infrastructure, value chain helps In 2020-21, India shipped non-basmati rice to nine countries – Timor-Leste, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Papua New ...