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Analyze the key challenges to India's food processing industry from production to consumption.
Food processing Industry is a sunrise industry which has an immense potential to address the rural economy distress. But the Food processing Industry is facing Key challenges which include Constraints in Supply Side Large Informal Sector and mainly clustered in ..
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What are the major roadblocks to connect India's agri-system to the food processing industry and through it to the global value chain? Discuss.
Food processing refers to transformation of raw ingredient into food or of food into some other forms by physical or chemical means. It includes processes like canning, processing, freezing, pasteurization, emulsification etc. It extends the shelf life of food, reduces ..
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With respect to the storage of the agricultural produce, there has been a long debate whether Flat warehouses are good for India or we need to modernize them by having vertical silos. Discuss the pros and cons of the both.
Storage is one of the vital components in the process of agriculture. Proper Storage of agricultural produce is pretty essential for the purpose of distribution of produce from surplus to deficit areas price stabilization to ease out a volatile market ..
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Examine the rationality of the proposed National Food Grid in context with seasonal spike of food prices in the country.
Hint: The proposed National Food Grid aimed at connecting the food deficient areas with food surplus region and reduction of wastage of fruits and vegetables. Thus; it ensures stable food prices and contains food price inflation. The idea is excellent ..
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Explain the Upstream /Downstream Industries and Forward / Backward Linkages with reference to Food Processing Industry.
Hint: The upstream industries are dedicated to procurement, extraction and initial processing of raw material for manufacturing use ex- flour milling; leather tanning; cotton ginning; oil pressing, fish canning etc Downstream industries undertake further manufacturing operations on intermediate products made ..
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Throw light on the hub and spoke architecture of a Mega Food Park examining its forward and backward linkages.
Hint: A mega food park is basically a hub and spoke architecture comprising Collection Centres (CCs) and Primary Processing Centres (PPCs) as spokes linked to a Central Processing Centre as hub. CCs work as points of aggregation of the produce ..