Pomegranate research institute
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JANUARY 6: A pomegranate research institute would be set up at Sangola taluka in Solapur district of Maharashtra, according to Union agriculture minister Nitish Kumar. Addressing the annual conference of all Maharashtra Pomegranate Produce Sangh at Sangola on Wednesday, he hailed the efforts of farmers in promoting drip-irrigation in the area for cultivation of pomegranate and covering the desolate area with greenery.
He said a new agricultural policy of the Government would be unveiled soon, under which 5,000 tonne of cold-storage capacity institutions would be given 25 per cent amount as grant and 50 per cent amount as loan. However, the institutions would have to raise 25 per cent of the amount on their own. NCP president Sharad Pawar, who presided over the conference, said he had held discussions with the farmers in the area to start a new fruit-processing industry for fruits like pomegranate, pumpkin, mango, pineapple and guava at a central place between Tasgaon, Sangola, Malshiras, Indapur and Baramati talukas.
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