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seemingly irrelevant products such as buransh juice , helped increase farmer incomes and developed many local entrepreneurs .
• Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park has already secured an investment of more than Rs . 400 crore from processors against the Ministry ’ s own goal of 250 crore per Mega Food Park in a tribal-dominated taluk . It is likely to attract a total investment of nearly Rs . 650 crore , with the related preservation and procurement of
agricultural produce benefiting a huge number of farmers . Their fully operational storage facilities have supported scores of dairy farmers too , in addition to storage of other agricultural produce .
• Himalayan Mega Food Park is helping apple growers in Uttarakhand with its apple juice concentrate facility , and Cremica Food Park is changing the fortunes of tomato farmers in Himachal and surrounding areas with a world-class pulping facility .
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BioVoiceNews | March / April 2024