Paith Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. is promoted by Nath Group with has interests in agri-research & biotechnology, hybrid seeds, paper pulp & paper and with decades of experience in contract farming.
Mega Food Park (MFP) – an introduction
Mega Food Park (MFP) – an introduction
Mega Food Park is an ambitious scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India with the objective of providing state of the art infrastructure for food processing industries.
MFP to have a Central Processing Centre (CPC), supported by Common infrastructure and Primary Processing Centres (PPC) and collection centres.
Strategic Location
- Located near Paithan, 35 kms from Chh. Sambhajinagar, Just 10 Km away from DMIC-Bidkin.
- Chh. Sambhajinagar Airport is about 50 kms and Mumbai International Airport is about 350 kms from the site.
- Mumbai Seaport, the centre point for agricultural exports, is about 350 kms from the site.
Ingredients of Success
A) Abundance of raw materials
B) Well developed markets
11 catchment districts of the PMFP are a basket of abundant agricultural and milk.
- Major sorghum, maize, wheat and pearl millet producing belt.
- Chief source of supply for pulses such as pigeon-pea, chickpea, black gram and green gram.
- Substantial production of oil seeds mainly soybean, safflower, sesamum, groundnut and sunflower.
- Specialize in supply of banana, kesar mango, sweet lime, pomegranate, papaya and gooseberry.
- Steady source of supply of vegetables - onion, tomato, beans, cucumber, carrot, cauliflower, cabbage, green peas, okra, eggplant, capsicum, gourds and a host of leafy vegetables.
- Reliable source of spices: ginger, coriander, chilli, garlic, turmeric and tamarind.
- Large producer of sugar including khandsari and gur.
- Leading producer of Milk.