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Title: Gujarat govt-backed neem project set to be introduced in six more states
Source:Mint
Date:22 May 2017
A successful central government-backed project to exploit the curative properties of the neem tree in Gujarat, generating rural employment in the process, is ready to be rolled out to six other states. Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (GNFC), which is implementing the neem project, aims to introduce the model in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra in the next few months, according to GNFC managing director Rajiv Gupta. The project, has so far created supplementary income of about Rs15 crore for 125,000 rural poor in Gujarat. According to GNFC, under the project rural poor, particularly women, collect neem fruits and GNFC pays them a fair price for it. These are then processed and made into neem cakes and neem oil.


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