In a step to enhance nutritional security, Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra has directed to promote and popularise jackfruit cultivation in the State.
Mahapatra directed the Department of to popularise cultivation of jackfruit with necessary supports like quality planting material, post harvest processing, value addition and Marketing. He added that jackfruit could be branded and popularized as a super-food among the people.
Mahapatra directed to identify the potential areas where jackfruit could be cultivated in large patches. The department was asked to explore all possibilities for promoting it in the areas where people had traditional skill for jackfruit cultivation.
He also directed to promote local Entrepreneurship for setting up post-harvest processing, and value addition enterprises on different verities of jackfruits. He also directed to increase the area under jackfruit cultivation in convergence withongoinghorticultural schemes and MGNRGES.