- A Centre for Agriculture, with collaboration of Israeli expertise, is going to be inaugurated in Mizoram on March 7 2018.
- This will be the first such centre in the North East region of India that is being established with Israeli collaboration.
- Set up with a cost of Rs 8-10 crore, this centre is exclusively for processing of citrus fruits.
- The project has been set up with the tripartite collaboration of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Government of Israel and State Government of Mizoram.
- It will benefit the farmers of the north eastern region in the long run and will also encourage the farmers from other regions.
- It will serve as a model of learning for other countries in Indian sub-continent.
- Israel will provide expertise knowledge and professional support.
- Though located in Mizoram, this centre will cater to the whole north east.
- There are 22 such operational centres in India including in the states of Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab.
- The first centre was established in 2008 in Haryana.
- In the long run, Israel wants to establish one such centre in each state.
