The decision was taken in the Union Cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The main objective of this investment is to productivity potato and sweet potato, after improving harvesting and improving the value and perception of food and nutrition security, increasing farmers’ income and employment generation, the official release states.
The potato section has the ability to create important opportunities for employment in production, processing, packaging, transport, marketing and value chains.
The South Asia Regional Center of the International Potato Center (CIP) is being established in Singna, Agra in Uttar Pradesh to find the huge potential in the area, the press said.
The high yields of potatoes and sweet potatoes developed by CSARC, nutritional and climate-indiscriminate varieties will significantly increase the sustainable development of crop by global science and innovation not only in India but South Asia. The production of the region was the product of the producing and the regional center.
The Uttar Pradesh government has already distributed 10 acres of land for the research center.
The headquarters in Lima, Peru, the international potato center (CIP) focuses on the research and development of potatoes, sweet potatoes and Andian roots and tubers.
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