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Centre finalises One District One Focus Product
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SME Times News Bureau | 27 Feb, 2021
The Centre on Saturday said that the list of One District One Focus
Product (ODOFP), which will be promoted in a cluster approach through
convergence of the various schemes, has been finalised. The products
have been identified from agricultural, horticultural, animal, poultry,
milk, fisheries and aquaculture, marine sectors for 728 districts
across the country.
Fruits have been identified for 226
districts, the highest in the list while vegetables for 107 ditstrics
and spices for 105 districts are at the second and the third position in
the list. The chief food crop paddy has been identified for 40
districts while wheat for 5 districts.
The Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in consultation with the Ministry of
Food Processing Industrieshas finalised the products for One District
One Focus Product (ODOFP), said an official statement.
The list
of products have been finalised after taking inputs from the States/UTs
and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
These
products will be promoted in a cluster approach through convergence of
the Government of India schemes, to increase the value of the products
and with the ultimate aim of increasing the income of the farmers. These
identified products will be supported under the PM-FME scheme (PM
Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises Scheme) of the
Ministry of Food Processing Industries which provides incentives to
promoter and micro-enterprises.
Many products also include
convergence of resources and approach from the other departments. The
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare will support ODOFP from its
ongoing centrally sponsored schemes such as Mission for Integrated
Development of Horticulture (MIDH), National Food Security Mission'
(NFSM), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Paramparagat Krishi Vikas
Yojna (PKVY).
The implementation of ODOFP by State Governments
will benefit farmers and provide support for realizing the expectations
of value addition and subsequently enhancing agricultural exports.
List of identified the products and number of districts are as follows :
(i) Paddy - 40 districts
(ii) Wheat - 5 districts
(iii) Coarse cum Nutri Cereals- 25 districts
(iv) Pulses - 16 districts
(v) Commercial crops - 22 districts
(vi) Oilseeds - 41 districts
(vii) Vegetables - 107 districts
(viii) Spices - 105 districts
(ix) Plantation - 28 districts
(x) Fruits - 226 districts
(xi) Floriculture - 2 districts
(xii) Honey - 9 districts
(xi) Animal husbandry/Dairy products - 40 districts
(xi) Aquaculture/Marine fisheries - 29 districts
(xii) Processed Products - 33 districts
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