Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, Mar 10, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, Mar 10, 2005 |
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Agri-Biz & Commodities
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Horticulture/Fruits & Vegetables Nabard to fund Tiruchi banana cluster project Our Correspondent
Madurai , March 9 A CLUSTER development programme on banana products is in the offing in Tiruchi district under the National Programme for Rural Industrialisation funded by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard). As much as Rs 16.25 lakh has been earmarked for the project to be implemented over three years. According to Mr P. Selvaraj, Assistant General Manager of Nabard, four villages - Vayalur, Mullikaumbur, Ettarai and Koppu - have been identified for the implementation of the project. The funds would be used for activities including awareness creation on banana by-products, their potential through expo and seminars, basic training and skill upgradation for interested rural entrepreneurs and setting up of a `mother unit' in the selected villages, which would serve as a work place, as also a storeroom for raw materials and manufactured products. Five banana by-products would be promoted namely, gig, chips, sauce, fruit pickle and flower thokku, he said.
About 300 persons are to be trained under the project.
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