A spokesman of agriculture (extension) department told here Sunday that Pakistan is producing best quality of fruits and vegetables which have attracted the foreign buyers very much.
He told that Pakistan has started its potato export to the markets of Middle East whereas the markets of South Korea, Mauritius and Japan have also allowed access to Pakistani fruits.
The spokesman further told that during 2012-13, Pakistan has made recorded export of potato, onion and Kinnow and in one year, the Pakistan fruit and vegetable exports jumped from 538 million dollars to 625 million dollar.
He told that climatic condition of Pakistan is most suitable for producing high quality fruits and vegetables and the Punjab government has also made tremendous efforts to increase exports of fruits and vegetables from this province.
In this regard, an exhibition of Pakistani fruits and vegetables was also in Germany whereas handsome subsidy is being provided to the growers so that the farmers could produce high quality fruits and vegetables and play their role in enhancing Pakistani exports, he added.
However, he stressed the need to improve quality of local production up to international standard and said that new varieties of fruits and vegetables are also being introduced among the farmers besides imparting education and training to the growers to improve the quality of fruits and vegetables by utilizing new technologies for grading, processing, packing, storing and transporting of fruits and vegetables.