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India: State to build 5 pack houses for vegetable, fruit products

Giving a shot in the arm to the vegetable and fruit preservation sector, five integrated pack houses with pre-cooling, cooling and ripening facilities will come up in the state within two years. These pack houses will be set up by Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK) with the funding from Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), and it will be set up in Palakkad (2) and Kannur(1), Wayanad(1) and Thrissur(1) districts.

The total project cost is pegged at `17.5 crore, and 50 cents to one acre of land is required to construct these pack houses.

Describing the initiative as one of the mega projects envisaged by the state, Agriculture Minister K P Mohanan said that these pack houses will be a great leap in achieving food security in the state.

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