Agro, dairy and food processing at Nagpur
Overview
Major crops in Vidarbha region are Cotton, Oranges (largest in Maharashtra), and Soybean. Other crops include Bamboo, Sorghum, Flax Seed, Pulses , Rice, Wheat, Cotton, Red Chillies, Turmeric, Garlic, Ginger, Vegetables and Flowers. Fruits include Sweet Lime, Papaya, Berries, Banana and Custard Apple.
Prominent companies in Food sector include Patanjali, Haldiram, Dinshaws, Adani Wilmar, Ruchi Soya, Ankur Seeds, Suruchi (spices) and ADM Agro.
Opportunities
Agro-Processing has good potential in Vidarbha for farm to fork and exports.
Orange processing plant at Morshi in JV with Coca Cola…
Dal millsers to purchase pulses from farmer producing cos…
Nestle will setup a project in Bhandara district for milk processing…
Fragrance & flavour development centre will come at Nagpur…
Develop Bamboo for incense sticks…
Make agro products like Yoghurt & use refrigeration tech…
Milk processing plant Mother Dairy to set up in Nagpur…
Agriculture on solar & sensor based irrigation…
Betel nut business in India, Nagpur is the hub…
Cow & Goat products have high medicinal value, profitable business…