February 8, 2025

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PPP project in AP to support Chintapalli tribals grow local turmeric variety

About two,000 tribal farmers of the hilly Chintapalli region in Andhra Pradesh, supported by the Condition governing administration, are set to expand the region underneath turmeric.

The neighborhood turmeric assortment has been discovered to have five-7 for each cent curcumin content material in contrast to three-four for each cent in frequent assortment. This assortment is in substantial demand from customers in the pharmaceutical industries for its immunity boosting content material.

Chintapalli region is portion of Arakku Valley, one hundred twenty km from Visakhapatnam.

All those acquainted with the developments instructed BusinessLine that the tribal farmers, who customarily have been expanding this assortment of turmeric in close to one,000 acres, are supported by the Condition governing administration with Community-Non-public-Partnership for Integrated Agriculture Growth.

Agriculture value chain big Lawrencedale Agro Processing India (P) Ltd has been on-boarded as just one of the number of farmer development firms.

Palat Vijayaraghavan, CEO and founder, Lawrencedale Agro, explained the enterprise is conversations for setting up the value-chain from the distant tribal belt. “It will have interaction with the tribal farmers to improve the high-quality of the crop, help access to substantial high-quality plant protection, diet options and organised credit history,” he explained.

“The frequent turmeric is an yearly crop, while the turmeric from the Chintapalli region arrives the moment in two years. The quantity of the crop is also noticeably fewer at close to four-five tonnes for each acre as versus fifteen-sixteen tonnes for the frequent assortment.