Cargill India on Wednesday announced plans to invest about ₹140 crore ($20 million) to set up a greenfield premix plant to manufacture animal-nutrition products and supplements in Rajasthan.

The company said that the state-of-the-art plant would be spread across 15 acres of land in Kota, Rajasthan, and would have a monthly manufacturing capacity of 7,500 tonnes of animal nutrition products and supplement. It will serve consumers not just in Rajasthan but also in other regions of North India as well as export markets, it added.

Simon George, President, Cargill India said: “This investment is part of Cargill’s $240 million commitment made in November 2017 through a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Ministry of Food Processing Industries,”

Cargill Animal Nutrition is a global business unit within the company. In India, the business serves dairy, poultry, shrimp and fish farmers.