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Food tech startup Jalongi.com to set up its first-ever ‘Integrated Development Center’ in Bengal

Kolkata, Sep 21 (UNI) Jalongi.com, a specialist online retailer of Fish & Seafood, has announced to set up its first-ever Integrated Development Center by December 2020 to empower rural youth, women and fishermen.
Jalongi Growth Centres will accomplish three core purposes with this initiative – setup of Fish Schools for educating and training rural masses on fish & seafood processing, Collection & Consolidation for marine produce from local fishermen, and Food processing where women from native communities will be employed to execute activities such as packing & processing of complimentary rural produce that will be sold at Jalongi.com.
Founded in 2018, Jalongi.com, with the help of these centres, intends to build a community for rural youth who will be trained to learn life skills in fish processing including cutting, storage, operations & delivery. Once trained, these professionals will further be employed at Jalongi.com at different parts of the country where the company has and will have its presence.
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