Amravati, Aug. 24 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday called for a major shift toward agricultural food processing and value addition to transform farm households into high-yield entrepreneurial units.

Speaking at Musunuru in Eluru district, Naidu unveiled plans to boost indigenous crop processing, scale regional branding globally, and secure long-term water infrastructure for the state, accompanied by Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan and Governor S Abdul Nazeer.

Naidu launched Gourmet Popcornica's non-GMO hybrid maize seeds near Nuzividu, home to India's largest popcorn processing plant. Grown across 40,000 acres by 17,500 local farmers, the region's popcorn is already supplying domestic and international mark...