Maharashtra ties up with U.S. to promote agribusiness investment
The Hindu
It will provide for cooperation in development of market information systems and potential collaboration in other areas
Maharashtra’s Agriculture Department on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the American government through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Foreign Agricultural Service to give the State’s farmers access to data on market information, enhancing agricultural value chains and facilitating agribusiness investment. Agriculture Minister Dadaji Bhuse said, “The campaign ‘Vikel te Pikel’ — ‘Produce that can be sold’ — is being implemented in the State for assured market for the produce. As part of that, the Hon. Balashaeb Thackeray Agribusiness and Rural Transformation (SMART) Project is implemented with the help of the World Bank. The project is to support the development of inclusive and competitive agri-business value chains with focus on small holder farmers.” He said as a part of SMART project, the Agriculture Department with the help of the USDA will increase the capacity of the State machinery in agriculture statistics, marketing, market intelligence, organising commodity stewardship council etc.More Related News