Ready-to-cook vegetable units in Kerala come up trumps during lockdown
The Hindu
Units of the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam and Kudumbashree are doing good business
Cut vegetables units of the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK) at Kalliyoor in Thiruvananthapuram has a success story to narrate even during lockdown. The unit has not only sailed through two lockdowns but also recorded impressive profits. A rise in the demand for ready-to-cook vegetables during the lockdown came as a shot in the arm for the unit, which opened in 2013-14 by VFPCK, a Government of Kerala enterprise with farmers as major stakeholders.More Related News
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