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The food processing industry is one of the 25 sectors identified to advance the ‘Make in India’ campaign. India’s agricultural base is quite strong but wastage is very high and processing of food products is very low. Food processing is the methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or food into other forms for consumption based on local raw material and indigenous knowledge and skill of the people. The country’s processing sector is small and processing of food to consumable standards in India has reached only 10% recently and with the help of Make in India campaign the food processing sector will aim to raise their growth level from 10% to 25%. India’s share in exports of processed food in World trade has remained at about 1.5 percent or $3.2 billion. One of the important sub-sectors of food processing is fruits and vegetable processing. The study examines the challenges and opportunities of Fruits and vegetables processing industry which has many promising dynamics which supports the potential for growth of this industry. The study is based on secondary data analysis. It revealed that availability of raw materials, infrastructure, government schemes and polices are the prime influencing factors for the establishment of sector and lack of finance, shortage of power, inadequate post harvest technology and facility, poor infrastructure facilities constitute very serious problems so there is an urgent need to provide facilities for development. This paper is tried to analyze the challenges and opportunities of fruits and vegetables processing industry, with certain specific objectives like the study of influencing factors on the growth of fruits and vegetables processing sector and identification of problems with remedial measures. Proper training should be given in some areas with perfect involvement of entrepreneur and resource persons at adequate place and objectives. Moreover awareness raising activities should be undertaken. The time has come for the industry to mature and become global player of processed food industry and must take full benefits and advantage of Make in India campaign to grow.

Keywords

Food Processing; Fruits and Vegetables Processing Industry; Commodities; Market Potential; Infrastructure; Schemes and Policies; Post Harvest Technology

Reports :

1. (The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA))
2. Indian Horticulture Database 2013
3. Indian horticulture Data Base 2014
4. National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, New Delhi: Government of India; 2012.
5. Annual Report. Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi: Government of India; 2011.
6. Report of the working group on horticulture and plantation crops: 12th five year (2012 17) plan period. Planning Commission, New Delhi: Government of India; 2011.
7. FICCI (2007) A report on Processed Food and Agribusiness: Opportunities for investment in India, Mumbai, India.

Websites :

1. http://apeda.gov.in/apedawebsite/about_apeda/About_apeda.htm
2. www.Indiaagronet.com
3. www.fao.org

Articles :

1. Kachru RP (2006) Agro-Processing Industries in India-Growth, Status and Prospects. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. New Delhi, India
2. Bhuyan, A (2010) “India’s Food industry on the Path of High Growth” Indo-Asian News Service.
3. Dr. Pawan Kumar Dhima and Ms. Amita Rani (2011) “Problems and prospects of small scale agro based industries: an analysis of patiala district”.
4. Sandeep Sachdeva, Tilak R Sachdev and Ruchi Sachdeva (2014) Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Challenges and Opportunities”.