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The City of Palaces, Mysore retains it’s the old world charm and continues to be ranked number one among tourist locations in the country and 4th best tourist city in the world. Mysore has a tropical savanna climate designated and rainfed crops would continue to dominate in the agriculture of Mysore district.
The City of Palaces, Mysore retains its the old world charm and continues to be ranked number one among tourist locations in the country and 4th best tourist city in the world. Mysore has a tropical savanna climate designated and rainfed crops would continue to dominate in the agriculture of Mysore district.
Agricultural scenario:
Mysuru (Mysore) has a growing focus on agriculture economy with 41.8% of the net area under cultivation. It cultivates major crops like Paddy, Maize, Ragi, Jowar, Bajra and Wheat. Pulse varieties grown include Tur, Horse Gram, Black Gram, Green Gram, Avare, Cowpea, and Bengal Gram while Commercial crops like Sugarcane, Cotton and Tobacco.
Paddy has dominated as first ranking crop, the rainfed crops like Ragi, Jowar, Mulberry have acquired second position and under the third ranking crop other pulses, Groundnut, ragi, jowar and cotton and Sugarcane and groundnut as occupied fourth rank and in fifth Sericulture, which has emerged as subsidiary occupation among the rural folk as, enhanced the expansion of land under mulberry cultivation in the wet taluks.
The GDDP trend has been growing at 7% CAGR from 2007-8 to 2012-13; with agriculture and allied industries along with sector tie at being the highest contributors at 4.6% each for 2012-13. The industry sector contributes 4.4 %.
Infrastructure:
For the industrial development of the city, the Karnataka industrial areas development board (KIADB) has established four industrial areas in and around Mysore, in the Belagola, Belawadi, Hebbal and Hootagalli areas. Nanjangud industrial area hosts a number of industaries like AT&S India Pvt Ltd, Nestle India ltd, Reid and Taylor, Jubiliant, TVS, Asian Paints, Nanjangud industrial area also boasts being 2nd highest VAT / Sales Taxpayer which is about 400+ crores after Peenya which is in state capital Bangalore
The district has Karnataka State Warehouse Corporation APMCs and availability of Cold storages for Milk Products, Ice Cream and other purposes. The district is also identified to create an organic village for export oriented cultivation. There are 2 mega food parks, 7 agro parks, 1 spice park, 3 agri export zones, 7 national level R&D institutes and 98 cold stores
Specific agro processing units with value chains for value added food products is a potent opportunity. Other ancillary like organic food products packaging and export have resulted in a food cluster in Mysore.
Potential projects for investment:
| Project name | Products | Value proposition |
|---|---|---|
| Oil Processing Plant | Vegetable such as groundnut, cottonseed | Manufacturing of oil |
| Juice processing plant | Sugarcane | Sugarcane juice, sugarcane juice powder, cane sugar manufacturing ( Organic) |
| Rice processing plant | Rice | Manufacturing of rice noodles, rice cracks, rice thins, Puffed rice, rice flakes, rice bran oil, export of idly & dosa, |
| Pulse processing plant | Tur dal, horse gram, black Gram, cowpea, and bengal gram | Manufacturing of extruded products, protein bars, protein powder |
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