Vijayawada, Aug. 9 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has assured of providing value addition to forest produce and supporting the entire chain from production to processing and branding.

He also promised to provide higher prices, wide marketing and branding to the forest products such as 'Seethampeta turmeric', 'Rampachodavaram rubber', 'Parvathipuram pineapple ', honey and palm jiggery, branding and marketing.

The Chief Minister participated in the International Day of Tribals organized here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the State government had allocated Rs 4,764 crore for the comprehensive development of 27.39 lakh tribals. He said that if opportunities were provided the tribal you...