Food Processing Industry

Location factors

• Vast stretches of land to establish mega food parks.
• Agricultural dominance in the region to ensure regular supply
• Efficient transportation to reduce logistics cost.
• Labor: skilled as well as semi-skilled.
• Capital: to setup the food parks, install technology etc
• Market: Consumer behaviour and purchasing power of consumers in the region.
• Infrastructure like Cold storage and warehousing facilities.
• Popper testing infrastructure to ensure standards of hygiene. 
• Continuous electricity.

ISSUES FACING OUR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

• High Yield Varieties seeds reducing diversity of crops.
• Climatic changes and frequent droughts and floods.
• Land acquisition challenges.
• Erratic power supply.
• Lack of integrated agriculture marketing and corporate farming.