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It is also very rich in Medicinal & Aromatic Plants like Amla, Ashwagandha, Curry Leaves, Sugandh Mantri, Harad, Bhumura etc. It also of late started adopting high value exotic fruits like Dragon Fruit, Strawberry, Cocoa, Apple Plum etc. which is giving additional income to the farmers. NERAMAC has been procuring, processing and marketing these products through out the country through its marketing network.
Much of these above produces are wasted or are sold at throw away prices due to lack of primary processing, storage, conversion to products etc. These processors are desired to be placed at household level to imbibe a culture of value addition at farm gate. This will help aggregation and marketing at scaled up level.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister suggested development of a drier for reducing moisture in Assam Rice. It may be mentioned FCI doesn’t procure rice from Assam citing high moisture content. Minister wished for an early development of the prototype.
NERAMAC MD promised to do the job shortly.