The policy for promotion of agro-processing industries and agri-business seeks to address the entire value chain in agro-processing and marketing, including development of the supply chain, market development and diversification. This policy is aimed at the following objectives: To increase the income in the hands of the farmers through more remunerative prices for their produce; To encourage value addition in agriculture produce and to reduce post harvest losses; To bring in new technologies and practices to modernize agro-processing and marketing; To promote export of agri products of the state and to build a strong state brand in the domestic and international market; and To attract private investment in agro-processing and create new employment opportunities on a large scale.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/policy-promotion-agro-processing-and-agri-business-2010
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/government-rajasthan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/horticulture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/post-harvest-losses
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/contract-farming
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agro-based-industry
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/place-publication/jaipur