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1. Farmer
1. Food Processing
Company
1. Farmers
1. Distributors
2. Mandi-agents
2. Wholesalers
3. Retailers
4. End customers
Tertiary
Description
Products which are consumed in the original state and have no
value addition. (e.g. Fruits and Vegetables)
Basic level of processing: grading, sorting, cleaning, cutting,
drying, grinding etc. before they are consumed. (e.g. dried fish,
turmeric powder, chili powder, wheat flour.)
Combining multiple primary, secondary products from above and
doing high value additions (e.g. ice creams, biscuit, jam, cakes,
pastries etc.)
Upstream Challenges
1. Long and Fragmented Supply Chain
Most Indian cities like Delhi impose restrictions by blocking the trucks
during day time.
There are lot of middlemen involved and the time taken for the produce
to reach the end consumer results in Food Wastage and price escalations.
The crop production has gone up significantly over the years, but the
warehouses have not increased.
In 2010-2011, the Food Grain produced was 233 Million Metric Tons. The
storage capacity owned by the Government was 91 Million Metric Tons.