Indian food processing industry is dominated by micro-small and informal enterprises, some medium level and a few large enterprises, for manufacturing a large variety of food products and ready to eat foods, with varying tastes and qualities. However, the challenges in production, food preservation, distribution and processing sectors are diverse and demanding and need to be addressed in several fronts to derive maximum market benefits in domestic and export requirements.
Speaking on the occasion Mr KT Chacko, Director, IIFT said “The export of processed food products is much below the potential today. One of the important factors for this state of affairs is the limited access and availability of appropriate technologies and technological support services and facilities to the producers, especially micro units, besides several other factorsa. Mr Subodh Kant Sahai, Union Minister for Food Processing said “As per the eleventh plan, the ministry of food processing Industries is implementing various schemes to encourage investment in the food processing sector for the development of the sector”.