The Union government has issued an order announcing its nod for the Indo-Israel project in Nekarikallu Mandal, Gundlapalli in Palnadu. This is as per an agreement between India and Israel to provide the latest farming methods and related technologies to farmers.
YSRC MP Lavu Srikrishna Devarayalu said the project will be implemented on 25.57 acres in Gundlapalli at a cost of Rs 10.61 crore. The project is named the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables & Spices under the Indo-Israel project. The project would give a boost to the cultivation of tomato, cherry tomato, cucumber, brinjal, capsicum, chili and other vegetables.
The state directorate of horticulture is the implementing agency. Agriculture counselor to MASHAV, Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, under the Embassy of Israel, has approved the DPR for the Indo-Israel Centre of Excellence for Vegetables and Spices Project at Gundlapalli village, Palnadu district, under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH).
The infrastructure proposed to be created is a greenhouse with a fan and pad system for nursery raising, a tunnel, a forced-ventilated greenhouse, a natural-ventilated greenhouse, an insect-proof net house, a 3-MT pre-cooling chamber, and a pack house.
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