Bengaluru, June 17 (KNN) Considering the huge potential possessed by the food processing industry in India, All India Food Processors’ Association (AIFPA) with the support of Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) will be organising a National Level Seminar covering “Opportunities for the Development of Food Processing Industries in South India”  here on June 30.

“Indian food processing   industry has emerged as a growth driven and a highly profitable  sector due to its immense potential for consistent value addition,” D.V. Malhan ,Executive Secretary AIFPA told KNN.

Moreover, “Food Processing Industry in the Southern States generate new  farm sector  demand for more and different agri-horti outputs which are suitable for processing," he added.

The southern states which produce food grains, oilseeds fruits & vegetables, fisheries, poultry etc. have huge capacity to build up the new initiatives in food processing like the Food Parks, world-class facilities for pulping, IQF, bottling, tetra packing, modular cold storage, warehousing and advanced testing labs.

Apart from this there are  many new avenues  and great scope for poultry products, processing of coarse grains and millets/spices (chilies and turmeric), rice products, dairy products/horticultural products/marine products, export oriented products focused on processing of vegetables, onion, tomato/fruits/spices etc. 

All this along with  the new startups and entrants in the online food ordering and delivery services are also building scale through partnerships .

But optimum development of all of this requires huge improvisations and technological leaps along with extensive research and technical knowhow to be infused in the prospective entrants, startups and existing food processing MSMEs.

Thus, this seminar endeavours to boost up all of them by allowing them to participate  through a simple free of cost registration to attend the  same.

This will be a Full Day Seminar with 2 technical sessions headed   by leading Research Experts and  Scientists  associated with leading Agricultural  Research Institutes all over India. (KNN/GK)