Jagdalpur / Bastar: Amid concerns over unemployment in ongoing pandemics, the first India of food parks for tribes in Jagdalpur Block Bastar all will begin operations in the coming months and are quoted as initiatives to support sustainable livelihood opportunities and check migration.
Of the total population in Bastar, more than 40% of Gond, Maria, Muria, Dhruva, Bhatra and Halba tribes.
This project, initiated by the Indian Tribal Cooperative Federation (Trifed) from the Tribal Affairs Ministry, is the first of eight.
The construction of food parks in Raigad in Maharashtra is also ongoing.
The six other countries are Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Maharashtra, MP, Rajashtan and Andhra Pradesh.
Bastar, who has suffered old Naxalite violence, will be a launch bearing for the convergence model.
After the food garden changes functional, it will enable thousands of forest-producing collectors to have direct access to the processing facility to convert traditional (acidic) imi and more new and vnrana coffee (new papaya varieties), into products that can get market prices because .
Trifed aims to establish 100 food parks like throughout the country.
Union Minister Arjun Munda said the convergence model that placed tribes amid all plans would help them get market prices because of their products.
During the project review in Jagdalpur, Munda met with members of the self-help group, mostly women, directed the collection and processing of forest products at the center of the value of the district value of Dhan Vikas Kendras.
Rain bearings, tribes from villages gather in the food garden complex, preparing product kiosks such as silk, metal crafts, millet, black and red rice.
Basanti Kashyap from Dhura Village told TII that they were 10 women directing the self-help group who collected ‘Imli’ and is now trained to process it as sweets and sauces.
Trifood Park aims to facilitate the establishment of “Thematic Food Casting Center”.