Maharashtra Agribusiness Network (MAGNET), a project of the Government of Maharashtra assisted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), intends to increase the income of small and marginal farmers in the State. The project focuses on selective focus horticultural crops namely Banana, Pomegranate, Orange, Sweet Orange, Custard Apple, Guava, Sapota, Strawberry, Okra, Chilly (Green & Red), Flowers, Mango, Lemon, Cashew Nut, and Snake Gourd. Considering MANAVLOKs large work for custard apples in the drought-prone Beed district, the available expert team and available infrastructure(MAGNET) signed an MoU as the Center of Excellence (CoE). Manavlok Ambajogai will be responsible as a center of excellence for the development of the custard apple value chain in Beed district for various activities such as training of trainers, preparation of training material, and pre-post-training survey under the MAGNET project. Many such trainings and activities are going on