As per reports, India has surfaced as the largest exporter of gherkins and cucumbers in the world. The country has exported cucumber and gherkins to the tune of Metric Tonnes with a value of USD 114 million during April to October (2020-21) In addition, it has crossed the USD 200 million mark of import of agrarian reused product,-pickling cucumber that’s encyclopedically appertained as gherkins or cornichons, in the last fiscal time. In 2020-21, India had exported Metric Tonnes of cucumber & gherkins worth USD 223 million.
Following the orders of the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) started a series of enterprise in structure development, product creation in the transnational request and adherence to food safety operation system in processing units Gherkins are exported under 2 orders i.e. cucumbers and gherkins that are set and saved by ginger or acetic acid & cucumbers and gherkins, which are provisionally saved Let me tell you that through organic in- house civilization of cucumbers, growers in the country are earning huge profit.
About Gherkin and its cultivation
Gherkin civilization, processing and exports began in India during the early 1990s with a modest morning in Karnataka and latterly extended to the neighbouring countries of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. Nearly 15 product of the world’s gherkin demand is cultivated in India Presently, gherkins is exported to further than 20 countries, with major destinations being North America, European countries & Oceanic countries similar as US, France, Germany, Australia, Spain, South Korea, Canada, Russia, China, Sri Lanka, Japan, Belgium and Israel Besides its import eventuality, the gherkin assiduity plays an important part in the creation of pastoral employment. In India, civilization of gherkins is done under contract husbandry by around small & borderline growers with an periodic product area of acres The reused gherkins are packed in bulk as artificial raw material and in jars as ready to eat. The bulk product is still enwrapping a high chance of the gherkin request. There are about 51 major companies producing and exporting gherkins in cans & ready-to- eat consumer packs in India.
Role of APEDA
APEDA has played an important part in creation of import of reused vegetables and it has been furnishing fiscal backing for development of structure and enhancing quality of reused gherkins, products creation in the transnational request and perpetration of food safety operation systems in the processing units.
Farmers earning through gherkin
On an average, a gherkin planter produces 4 metric tonne per acre per crop and earns around Rs with a net income of Rs. Gherkin has a 90- day crop and the growers take two crops annually.
