In order to enhance the shelf life and quality of export oriented agricultural produce, JNPA plans to build an export oriented agricultural produce processing and storage facility at Sheva, Raigad in Maharashtra. The facility will be developed with private funds as it aims and increase the quantum of India’s agricultural exports.
This is a first of its kind facility in an Indian port and is also JNPA’s business with social commitment, especially to our farmers,” Unmesh Wagh, Chairman in Charge and Deputy Chairman of J N Port Authority and the driving force behind the project said.
The facility seeks to extend the shelf life of agricultural produce and satisfy the sanitary and phytosanitary criteria set by destination nations and help minimize losses resulting from rejection by importing countries. The facility will be crucial in helping India create the procedures, quality criteria, and packaging requirements necessary to satisfy the highest international standards for agricultural products. “It is a win-win situation because they can aggregate the produce at one place which is a state-of-the-art facility, then either export or use the port’s coastal berth to distribute all over India,” Wagh said. “In this way, our agricultural produce waste will be reduced and income will be enhanced. It can act as a model for other ports to follow,” Wagh added.
