<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister Suresh Prabhu distributed awards of Excellence in export of Spices and Productivity of Cardamom instituted by Spices Board at Kochi today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He also laid foundation stone of Zero Liquid Discharge Plant and Solar Plant for Cochin Special Economic Zone at the same function. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Speaking on the occasion, Mr Prabhu said, the government will provide full support to farmers to enhance the exports in this sector and stressed the need to increase the production and ensure the quality of the products. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, the government will ease the restrictions in the export of agricultural products and recently announced agricultural export policy has helped the country to increase the exports by twenty per cent. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He also announced that the government will take steps to help the affected farmers in this sector in recent floods in Kerala.</span>