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AP reaches MoA with NRDC to beef up food processing sector with SAPNAP
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Friday, 06 May, 2016, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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fiogf49gjkf0d The Andhra Pradesh government through its AP Food Processing Society has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the National Research Development Corporation, an enterprise of the department of scientific & industrial research, ministry of science & technology, Government of India, New Delhi (NRDC), to strengthen the agribusiness & food processing sectors by establishing Smart Agribusiness Platform Networks of Andhra Pradesh (SAPNAP), which will focus on creation of enabling ecosystem for accelerated growth of agribusiness by involving all the stakeholders.
SAPNAP will have two key development platforms – Smart Agribusiness Value-Chains and Smart Agribusiness Incubators & Accelerators. Smart Agribusiness Value Chains will focus on Intelligence / Analytics / Big Data, Innovations and Partnerships. Smart Agribusiness Incubators will focus on establishment of 13 district level incubators with enabling infrastructure and ecosystem for startups, enterprise development and FPO mentoring.
NRDC shall be the knowledge partner in the programme and provides required technologies / know-how / IPRs and other value-added techno-commercial services to the startups of SAPNAP and linkages to the national and international stakeholders.
The MOA was signed by Girija Shankar, secretary (food processing); and Dr H Purushotham, CMD, NRDC; in the presence of chief secretary S P Tucker; and founding members of SAPNAP - Y S Prasad, CEO, APFPS; and Abdul Rahman Ilyas, advisor, agribusiness.
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