Sundarajan, the CEO of Janani Foods Private Limited, said his company would like to introduce modified atmospheric packaging for processing of horticultural produce in the State. Kaustub Kulkarni, of John Deere, said his company would take up a project for mechanisation in cotton fields of Andhra Pradesh.

The company would also promote direct sowing of rice in some of the AP districts. Such plantation would pave the way for greater mechanisation, he added. Tarak, the vice-president of Nuzvidu Seeds, said the company proposed to take up a project for high-density planting of cotton in the cotton belt of Andhra Pradesh to maximise the return for farmers. Vikram Bajaj, of Monsanto, spoke of the self-sustainable model of corn development the company proposed to take up in Anantapur and Kurnool districts in association with Srinivasa Hatcheries. However, 'it is imperative that the AP Government announce an integrated agri-business policy' before inviting the private companies to invest in the State, he said and added that ICRISAT was setting up pilot sites in all the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh to provide technical support to farmers. He spoke of the hub-and-spoke model of PPP in the sector as suitable for Andhra Pradesh's needs. He said one of the aims of the Government as well as the private companies should be to reduce the post-harvest losses to less than 10 per cent from the present 25-30 per cent in the farm sector. K.V Raju, the principal scientist of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, spoke about the opportunities in Andhra Pradesh.

He urged the companies to come up with concrete proposals and project reports and the State Government would extend all co-operation and provide all support. The minister said the Government would involve the farmers in the endeavour and they would also contribute to the project cost besides the Government and the private companies. He was addressing the representatives of several agro processing companies and other companies at a conference here on Tuesday on the emerging investment opportunities in the farm sector in Andhra Pradesh. Aamirkhan,1,actorgallery,13,actressgallery,156,amazing,1,andhra,123,animals,3,audiorelease,1,baby-driver,1,balakrishna,1,Bangladesh,1,bheemla nayak,1,bikini,1,bollywood,2,boxoffice,95,business,3,calendarevent,24,celeblife,49,celebritygallery,422,chiranjeevi,2,cinelife,1,cinema,37,cop,1,Coronavirus,2,crime,7,crimenews,4,dakshanagarkar,1,dangal,1,dsp,1,education,33,entertainment,6,events,10,eventsgallery,47,fashion,5,filmmaking,1,finance,1,forest,1,friendshipday,1,funny,14,gadgets,13,gallery,719,glamour,1,gold,1,gossip,8,guntur,1,hamsanandini,1,happynewyear 2020,1,happynewyear2018,1,happynewyear2020,9,happynewyeargreetings,1,happynewyearmessages,1,happynewyearquotes,1,happynewyearwhatsapp,1,happynewyearwishes,3,health,11,hfi,3,history,3,hny2019,1,hny2020,9,hollywood,1,holygodavari,2,horahorimovie,3,hotgallery,12,humanity,1,ileana,1,imdb,1,international,36,interview,1,jagapathibabu,1,jamesbond,1,jamesbondmovie,1,jatakam,7,jeevanasaili,3,jobs,5,jukebox,1,kajalagarwal,1,kcr,1,landmafia,1,lifestyle,3,livingrelation,1,lockdown,1,magazines,1,maheshbabu,19,manchulakshmi,1,merrychristmas,1,merrychristmas2019,1,mim,1,mime,1,mistory,1,mobiles,1,mobilesreview,1,modi,1,mother,1,mothersday,2,motionposter,1,moviegallery,70,movienews,369,moviereviews,68,movievideos,99,movitrailer,1,mp3telugu,1,nani,1,national,109,nature,1,ncbn,1,newgovtjobs,1,newsarticle,315,newsvideos,85,newyearfunnywishes,1,newyearhdimages,1,newyearimages,1,newyeartemplates,1,newyearwishesforcouple,1,newyearwishesforfamily,1,newyearwishesforfriends,1,newyearwishesforher,1,newyearwishesforhim,1,newyearwishesforsiblings,1,nishakothari,1,nityamenon,1,nomore,1,nri,1,ntr,1,pandugalu,1,pawankalyan,1,phonetapping,1,police,1,politics,18,prabhas,1,price,1,pulimovie,1,pushkaralu,1,rajamouli,2,rajendraprasad,1,rakulpreetsingh,1,ramcharan,2,ramgopalvarma,1,reality,6,realme,1,realmex2,1,recipe,1,redsandal,1,renudesai,1,robo2movie,1,rudramadevimovie,1,russia,1,sachin,1,saidharmatej,1,salmankhan,4,saniamirza,1,sardarmovie,3,shamasikender,1,sherlynchopra,1,shivaji,1,shortfilm,27,showtime,1,shruthihasan,4,sirabdulkalam,4,smartcity,1,smugle,1,spoof,2,sports,61,sr.Andhra Pradesh, with a strong agricultural base, provides a great investment opportunity for the private sector and the State Government will also encourage public-private partnership (PPP) model for the integrated development of the agricultural sector, according to AP Agriculture Minister P.

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