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India is amongst the top three producers in the world of: rice, wheat, liquid milk, poultry products, fruits and vegetables, coconut, tea, spices, marine and fresh water products including fish and shrimp. Currently grain production alone is over 200 million tonnes; however it is estimated that India will need to import over 40 million tonnes of food grains by 2020 to feed its growing population.  Agriculture sector provides 25% of GDP, 64% employment, and accounts for 18% of India’s exports. 7% of raw agri produce is value added. Indian agriculture is also seen to have tremendous potential to be able to supply a growing world market for fresh produce including vegetables, tropical fruits, flowers, herbal products for cosmetic and pharmaceutical use, nutraceuticals products based on plants etc. 30% of India's agriculture relies on traditional methods of farming, thus the potential for organic produce exports to the developing countries is very high. As a substantial contributor to the Indian economy, and since 70% of the population is dependent on agriculture in one form or the other, agribusiness and food processing sectors in India are being given substantial support by industry and government. Infrastructure facilities for processing agriculture products in Food Parks and Agriculture / herbal produce Parks in designated regions have been provided. Major thrust of all these initiatives is to tap the growing world demand. As a result modern concepts of agri processing including: post harvest management, cold storage, warehousing, bulk grain storage, handling and transportation; packaging, irradiation, modern abattoirs, meat and poultry hygiene, cold chain etc are all being established. |
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