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VALUE ADDITION AND ENABLING

ECOSYSTEM

It is well known worldwide that farm
produce, especially food related produce,
becomes much more valuable with
value addition such as food processing,
packaging, etc. The income that a processed
product can bring is vastly greater than the
income that the raw product brings.

For such value addition to happen,
Modi government has created a
processing ecosystem such as food parks,
agro-processing industries, startups, etc.
Additionally, logistical support through
supply chain links such as cold storages,
warehouses and other such infrastructure
is also happening.

Modi government has devoted special
attention towards creating farmgate
infrastructure through an Agri Infra Fund.

Farmer producer organisations bring
farmers together and provide them a
greater say in their future. 10,000 such
FPOs are being created.

Such an ecosystem with a wide variety
of opportunities from startups to food
parks, cold storages to mechanisation, also
provide employment and entrepreneurship
opportunities to rural youth.

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