Why India remains a marginal player in global fruit and veggie market

Though a major producer, lack of infra has meant that country accounts for just 1% of market share, and relies predominantly on neighbours

India is one of the world’s foremost producers of several fruits and vegetables such as mangoes, bananas, potatoes, and onions. But its performance when it comes to exports or capturing the global markets has been woeful.

In fact, according to an assessment by Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) based on 2020 data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), India ranks first in the production of banana (26.29 per cent), papaya (43.26 per cent) and mango (45.14 per cent).

In vegetables, India is the largest producer of ginger and okra and second biggest producer of potato,