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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