Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy inaugurates the low-cost food processing machinery plant
- Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy inaugurates the low-cost food processing machinery plant at Zaheerabad With an investment of INR 12 Crores and a production capacity of 6000 mills per annum
Over the past 50 years, many technologies have evolved but not the least expensive food processing technology. Scientists and educators have focused more on cutting-edge technologies, but not the basic technology that a farmer needs, especially food processing units. We have a centralized, much larger investment required processing unit that is based on the Western world model. These are not available and accessible to farmers. Farmers are losing money by not adding value-based agricultural products. Our Food has emerged to properly address this issue and with an idea "the farmer should not sell raw material but the farmer should process all agricultural products and sell them". For this, Our Food had designed and manufactured large-scale low-cost food processing mills.
Speaking on the occasion, Telangana Agriculture Minister - Sri Singireddy Niranjan Reddy said “that the Telangana government is giving a high priority for the setting up of food processing units and with the help of these units the farmers can earn a good price for the products grown by them. The Telangana government is ready to provide incentives to the farmers who are interested to set up such units.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. V Bala Reddy, CEO, Our Food Pvt Ltd. said “Our Food Pvt Ltd is a technology-driven agribusiness platform providing end-to-end solutions to farmers providing low-cost micro food processing units at farm level, supporting operations and providing market linkages for the processed output. Our Food Pvt Ltd in association with its several partner banks also provides collateral-free loans for farmers to set up their own food processing units.
So far, we have been outsourcing the manufacturing job but have not been able to produce the numbers we want. For this exact reason, we decided to set up our own manufacturing unit near Zaheerabad with a production capacity of 6000 mills per annum with an investment of INR 12 Crores. It will revolutionize the way farmer farms add value to their produce and get better prices for their produce. Our ambition is to bring in food processing equipment at a very low cost so that every farmer can own such a unit. Mr. Reddy also said.