Maha Minister announces agribusiness infra to enable Rs 1,000-crore investment

Mumbai, Sep 16 (UNI) Minister for Agricultural Marketing and Protocol Jaykumar Rawal announced here on Wednesday that the state Government's Department of Agricultural Marketing and Protocol will set up a large-scale modern agribusiness infrastructure under Maharashtra Agribusiness Network (MAGNET 2.0) as part of its plan to position Maharashtra as a leading state not only in agricultural production, but also in processing, value addition and exports. Addressing the MAGNET Agribusiness Infrastructure Investors' Meet in here on Wednesday, Rawal, who is also the Chairman of the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board stated that the agribusiness infrastructure would enable an investment opportunity of…