Explanation:

Recently, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has begun a few initiatives to popularise some of the exclusive agricultural products from the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Some of the products covered under the initiative are the fragrant rice variety Mushkbudji, Acacia honey and Kashmir valley apples.

Already, commercial shipments of Ladakh Halman apricots from Leh to Dubai have begun for the first time during August-September, with the exports being handled by local entrepreneurs from Kargil.

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, under which APEDA functions, has recently said in a release that samples of Mushkbudji rice and Acacia honey were sent in August to Dubai, Oman and other West Asian markets.