date:Nov 02, 2012
tapped could bring in unutilised and underutilized land and labour resources into use which can be poverty alleviating.
Indias food processing industry is regarded as a sunrise industry. While it is true that there has been rapid growth in the sector over the past few years, the fact remains that level of processing and value addition have remained significantly low, said Rawat.
One of the reasons is the low level of indigenous RD and innovation applications. Where research does exist, the sci