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The Telangana government is going to set up 100-acre Seeds Park at Bandamylaram in Medak district shortly. The park would have seed testing labs, storage facility and other relevant infrastructure to support seed firms in developing quality seeds.
Telangana Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy has said that Nuziveedu Seeds Limited will be the anchor client at the Seed Park.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the third edition of Agritex-2015 here on Monday, he said the Government expects investments to the tune of Rs 100 crore flowing into the park from seed firms and other stakeholders. It is expected to create 800 jobs.
He said the State had been allocated one of the 17 mega food parks by the Centre. This would come up at Buggapadu in Khammam district in an extent of 100 acres. The Centre would give Rs 50 crore as a grant for the park.
“We are expecting investments of about Rs 200 crore from various agribusiness firms at the food park, creating about 6,000 jobs,” he said, a press release said.
He said farmers must leverage modern agriculture equipment and technology to improve productivity. “We are in the process of finalising a proposal to rope in ICRISAT as a knowledge partner in the agri-business domain,” he said.
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