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  • 02 March, 2021

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One District One Focus Product

One District One Focus Product

  • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and the Ministry of Food Processing Industries have finalized the products for One District One Focus Product (ODOFP).
  • Products - Agricultural, horticultural, animal husbandry, poultry, milk, fisheries, aquaculture, marine and processed food sectors.
  • These products are finalized after taking inputs from States/UTs and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
  • They will be promoted in a cluster approach through the convergence of the schemes, to increase the farmers’ income and the value of the products.
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare will support ODOFP from its ongoing centrally sponsored schemes -Mission for Integrated Development of Agriculture, National Food Security Mission, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana.
  • Ministry of Food Processing Industries will support these products under the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM-FME) scheme - which provides incentives to promoters and micro-enterprises.
  • This scheme needs to be implemented by State Governments.

Source: TH


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