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Bihar to cash in by investing in maize sector
PATNA — The Bihar government has formed Maize and Poultry Task Force (MPTF) under state Agricultural Competitiveness Partnership (ACP) to encourage investments and enhancing maize production in the state, .
Agriculture deaprtment director Rajender said today that about a dozen potential investors from New Delhi, Bombay, Kolkata and other places have evinced interest in making invesments in maize sector and contacted 50 Bihari farmers at a meet organised by Bihar Industries Association (BIA) here recently.
The MPTF has formed five working groups to create a conducive environment for investment in maize sector under public-private partnership with assistance of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank group with the support of state government.
Senior managers of IFC, Tom Davenport and Gokhan Akinci assured full help in bringing the investors to the state.
Officials said farmers in Punjab, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are shifting to maize cultivation from other coarse grains like jowar and bajra as it offers them more returns. Bihar has emerged as a major destination for growing maize where the yield has also been improving.
Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are the leading producers of maize in India while Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat are the other important producers.
(With inputs from agencies)
4 Responses to “Bihar to cash in by investing in maize sector”
this move would be well appreciated and would help our farmers to improve their living standard
Maize is easy to grow and incurs less cost and provides more return to farmers. Bihar govt should focus on educating the farmers and provide proper selling and auction facilities to Bihar farmers and also to buyers.
Jai Bihar !!
Maize is a thick grain and can be used for feeding animals and birds like chicken. This can grow in a difficult weather and soil conditions. Good variety of seeds can produce good yield. The rest part of the plant can be used as fodder for cattles. I think, we need to educate people and need to develop a channel (a center) at every panchayat who can educate, provide seeds and can buy maize from producers.
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Sudhir Kumar Singh Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Think beyond animal fodder. Maize is one of the largest consumed cereals in the world. It can be used to produce corn sugar, cereal sugar, refined corn oil, special starches, liquid glucose, pharmaceutical products, dextrins, colours, and other corn products like the famous corn flakes – a popular breakfast cereal.
Bihar is the third-largest maize producer in the country and is number one as far as production of Rabbi maize is concerned as it produces 60 per cent of it.
Government of Bihar is providing special incentives to NRIs and NRBs to invest in food processing sector. Let us join hands to make Bihar India’s no. 1 state.
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