Government of Karnataka with a vision to position Karnataka in a sustained growth path in the field of agricultural and allied sectors through global technologies and innovative tools, by creating enabling frameworks and state of the art infrastructure facilities, thereby generating higher returns to farming communities formulated Agribusiness and Food Processing policy 2015 on 11.12.2015. The broad objectives of the policy are;
1. To increase the value addition and reduce wastage, thereby increasing the income of farmers.
2. To maximize direct and indirect employment generation opportunities.
3. To create necessary supply chain like transportation, warehouses, and cold storage in the agro processing sector.
4. To increase the flow of investments across the supply chain from farm to market.
5. To extend the supply chain and infrastructure opportunity in rural area.
To achieve these objectives Government has adopted following strategies;
1. Encouraging investments in the supply chain infrastructure to reduce post harvest loss.
2. Strengthening linkage between processing enterprises and Research & Development institutes.
3. Fiscal incentives for setting up focused industrial clusters and food processing parks in potential food clusters.
4. Encourage adoption of quality certifications, green and clean practices, energy efficient measures.
5. Declaring the entire State as single zone for availing incentives and concessions.
District Industries Centre Shivamogga is extending the benefits of this policy and enabling the Agro food processing industries to avail the incentives and concessions thereby creating a conducive atmosphere for industrial investment and to fully utilize the agriculture resources available in Shivamogga district.
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