Integrated logistics planning done to promote six horticulture crops in Andhra Pradesh

As part of its efforts to attract investments into the Food Processing (FP) sector, the government has done an assessment of the value chain, market linkages and infrastructure requirements of six horticulture crops, namely mango, banana, tomato, pomegranate, sweet lime and papaya, in order to maximise the returns for farmers, thereby giving a boost to the economy.

This exercise, according to official sources, is a part of the Infrastructure & Investment Department’s integrated logistics planning, which is aimed at bringing down the logistics cost from around 14% to 8-9% of the GSDP.