100 more FPOs to be set-up in the current financial year
Karnataka agriculture minister B.C. Patil revealed that the state government is diligently working on increasing the processing of produce from agriculture and associated sectors from the current 3-5 percent to 25 percent in the next five years.
He was participating in a webinar on the ‘Impact of Agro and Food Processing Industries in Karnataka: Gaps, Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward for Better Future’, organized by ASSOCHAM.
He said the government is planning to improve the marketability of farm produce and provide value-added services such as assaying, grading, cleaning, labelling, and packing at warehouses and cold storages through Karnataka State Agricultural Produce Processing and Export Corporation (KAPPEC) and Department of Industries and Commerce along with trading platforms.
The minister said the government is also planning to establish warehousing and logistic hubs in food and agri parks with the aim to operate warehouses and cold storages for facilitating sales of agriculture and horticulture produce. He further stated that the government is planning to establish another 100 Farmer Producer Organizations, (FPOs) in the current financial year.
