The state government is actively promoting millet cultivation through the Millet Mission, which includes support for cultivation, processing, and marketing.
Kuruvai Special Package Scheme:
This scheme aims to increase agricultural production and improve farmers’ livelihoods, potentially incorporating mobile processing units.
Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs):
The government encourages the formation of FPOs, which can leverage mobile processing units for collective processing and marketing of produce
TNRTP:
The Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project supports rural and agricultural entrepreneurship, including the establishment of small and micro-enterprises, which could include mobile processing units.
Agricultural Extension Centers:
These centres play a crucial role in disseminating information and technologies to farmers, including the benefits of mobile processing units.
Financial Assistance:
The government provides various subsidies and financial assistance schemes for agricultural activities, which can be leveraged for setting up mobile processing units
Schemes and Useful links
Curated list of key Central and Tamil Nadu State Government schemes that directly support FPOs, SHGs, Agri-entrepreneurs, Startups, PACS, and Cooperatives in the areas of Agricultural Infrastructure and Food Processing