Odisha is located in the eastern region of India. The state shares its borders with West Bengal in the north-east, Jharkhand in the north, Andhra Pradesh in the south, Chhattisgarh in the west & the Bay of Bengal in the east.

Odisha has over 40% of its total land area under cultivation. This is comparatively more in the coastal districts of Odisha i.e. Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Ganjam, Jajpur, Jagatasinghpur, Kendrapara, Khurda, Nayagarh, Puri etc.

Odisha is a leading producer of Bengal Quince, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato and Niger Seed in India. Other prominent produces of Odisha are Paddy, Black gram, Castor Seeds and Jute. Odisha also has a strong and upcoming fisheries sector, the state is among the highest fish producing states.

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Advantage Odisha

• Odisha is one of the leading vegetables, plantation crops and rice producing States of the country.

• Odisha is among the top three cashew producing states of India.

• With a coast line of 480 km, Odisha is 4th in India in shrimp production.

• Government of Odisha plans to augment the growth of food processing from 0.7% to 10% by 2017 and 25% by 2025 opening up large scale investment opportunities.

• Odisha has a up to date social, physical and industrial infrastructure. The state government has been undertaking various infrastructural projects to boost the infrastructure of the state. As per Budget 2019-20, Rs 400 crore (US$ 57.23 million) has been allocated for the railway infrastructure development. § Under Budget 2019-20, Rs 1300 crore (US$ 186 million) provided under Road Development Programme.

• There are 66 regulated market committees and around 600 markets and sub-market yards in the state. 10 markets have been integrated with e-NAM.

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​​Key Production Highlights of Odisha

Largest Producer : Among the top 3 cashew producing states of India. One of the leading vegetables, plantation and Rice producing states of the country.

Meat : Odisha is 4th in India in Shrimp Production.

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Infrastructure

• 2 Mega Food Parks.

• 86 Industrial areas.

• 1 Agri Export Zone.

• 126 Cold Storage and Fish units

• 1 Inland Container Depots with CFS.

• 1 Airport.