To setup an integrated potato processing plant in joint sector, the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pagro Foods limited in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
“The agreement is signed between Punjab Agro managing director KS Pannu and Pagro Foods limited MD SS Brar. Pagro, India’s largest producer and exporter of frozen vegetables, would setup potato processing project in Fatehgarh Sahib district to manufacture potato flakes, powder and frozen snacks,” said spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office. Spokesperson said that the upcoming unit would process about 60,000 tonnes of potatoes every year. Brar informed the Chief Minister that the company would also take up research on processing varieties of potato and vegetables. Pannu said that at present, high bulking, or low yielding varieties of potatoes are being cultivated in the state and Punjab Agro, in collaboration with Pagro Foods, would introduce low bulking or high yielding varieties of potatoes.
Badal directed that all the actions for setting up of the unit and conducting research on new varieties of potatoes should begin soon.