A central processing centre for shallots (small onions) has come up in Tamil Nadu’s Perambalur village.
The Common Food Processing Incubation Centre was set up at a cost of ₹1 crore to prevent wastage of shallots and to increase farmers’ income, said Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Food Processing Minister, who inaugurated the centre on Thursday.
The centre will produce fresh shallot, peeled shallot, onion powder, onion paste and onion flakes.
C Anandharamakrishnan, Director, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, said the institute plans to take one crop per year and develop processing technologies and related infrastructure for that crop.