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Kalahandi has significant growth potential in value addition and processing of turmeric. It is major producer of ginger, potato,maize, horticultural crops like mango, jackfruit, and pineapple.
The Mega Food Parks will be developed according to the Mega Food Park Scheme by the Ministry of Food Processing. In addition to the common infrastructure, these Parks will have
following infrastructure:
* Facilities for aggregation of agricultural produces
* Post-harvest infrastructure for storage, sorting and grading at the farm level, as inadequate post-harvest handling,processing and storage infrastructure are the major challenges Odisha is facing currently
* Platform for end-to-end integrated projects with the involvement of Model Farms (CoEs), Agropreneurs, Contract Farmers, SHGs, Producer Companies on one hand, and Retail chains, Individual Customers, Large Overseas Buyers on the other hand.
* Provision of access of stakeholders to Government/ Research agencies, multilateral bodies (WB, ADB, IFAD etc.), Companies with Technology, Knowledge and Capital, and Financial Institutions. Central Ministries including Food Processing industries, MSME, Agriculture, Rural Development, FSSAI, Commerce and Industries will also provide support separately to the end-to-end projects in the Food Park.
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