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Andhra Pradesh, which is home to majority of the country’s emu population, will have a processing facility soon.
The facility will come up at Patancheru in Medak district with an investment of Rs 10 crore.
“It would have equipment and process to suit the FDA (United States Food and Drugs Administration) requirements,” N. Srinivas Chowdary, a promoter of AP Emu Processors Private Limited, said.
Andhra Pradesh accounts for more than half of the country’s emu population of 13 lakh.
“In the absence of processing facilities, the farmers are not fully realising the potential of emu meat and fat. We have tied up with about 1,500 farmers to procure the birds,” he said.
Chowdary is the Managing Director of AP Incubators Private Limited that produced about 700 incubators to hatch the birds. “We are in touch with the supply chain of the birds and we noticed the under realisation of potential,” he said.
“They are following crude methods for slaughter and production of oil. As a result, we see poor quality of oil with no standardisation,” he said.
He said there was huge scope for the emu oil in cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries globally.
“We have tied up with a US firm for procurement of the scientifically produced oil,” Chowdary said. With a view to creating awareness on the rearing of the bird and business opportunities, the company is organising a meeting in Hyderabad on August 19.
>kurmanath.kanchi@thehindu.co.in
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