To boost unique agricultural products under the One District One Product (ODOP) program, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has initiated pilots in seven districts across five states for providing necessary infrastructure and financial assistance through convergence mode.
The districts where the pilots have been initiated include Lucknow (mango) in Uttar Pradesh; Nagpur (mandarin orange), Nasik (onion), Sangli (grapes) in Maharashtra, Krishna (mango) in Andhra Pradesh, Kumuram Bheem (millet) in Telangana and Dharamapuri (millet) in Tamil Nadu.
In these clusters, APEDA, in collaboration with the ministry of food processing is organising sensitisation workshops of farmer producer organisations (FPOs), farmer producer companies (FPCs) and self-help groups (SHGs) for boosting exports of unique agricultural products from these districts.
Source: financialexpress.com