With a focus on agro processing and allied agricultural practices besides assessment of new technologies including waste elimination and bio-diesel, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal will kickstart his three-day ‘investment promotion trip’ to Poland and Hungary from Monday.
Sukhbir, who is leaving for Warsaw on early Monday, said that Poland had made phenomenal progress in the field of agro processing and allied agricultural practices like cooperative dairies and milk processing besides poultry and flower cultivation.
“There is a huge scope for Polish investment in the same sectors in Punjab which has a strong agriculture and allied agriculture activity base,” he said while adding that Punjab could also learn from allied agri technologies being practiced by the Polish.
During his tour, Sukhbir will be accompanied by his Media Advisor Jangveer Singh, besides senior officials including Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture) Suresh Kumar, Invest Punjab’s chief executive officer Anirudh Tewari, Anoop Bector of M/s Bector Food Specialities, ludhiana, and Bhavdeep Sardana, CEO of M/s Sukhjit Starch and Chemicals limited, Phagwara.
During his visit to Poland, Sukhbir will attend a reception organised by the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Warsaw.
He will also address a business seminar aimed at showcasing Punjab's strengths and will make a case for Polish investment in Punjab. This seminar will be held at the office of the Marshall of lubelskie Voivodship at lublin and will include presentations and bilateral discussions.
While in lublin, he will also visit a cheese production plant, a milk processing plant, a poultry slaughterhouse and an orchid breeding area.
On his visit to Budapest in Hungary, Sukhbir will witness a demonstration on waste elimination. Besides, he will also see demonstrations on plant enhancement and protection of crops by bio process. He will also see bio diesel technology without any waste at work.