The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has tied up with Rythu Nestam Farmer Producer Company to set up a massive secondary food processing facility at this village in Kuderu mandal of Anantapur district, which is all set to turn 6,000 farmers entrepreneurs within the next six months.
The ₹3 crore facility, to be ready for production within six to eight months, will commercially produce ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat snacks from Jowar (Jonnalu or Sorghum), millets, groundnuts, chickpea (senagalu), and pigeonpea (Kandulu) that have undergone primary processing.
