- Mega Food Parks:
- Link agricultural production to the market.
- Bring together farmers, processors, and retailers.
- Maximize value addition, minimize wastage, increase farmers’ income.
- Create employment opportunities in rural sector.
- Based on “Cluster” approach, creating state-of-art support infrastructure.
- Include collection centers, primary processing centers, cold chain, industrial plots.
- Integrated Cold Chains:
- Provide integrated cold chain and preservation infrastructure facilities.
- Ensures no break from farm gate to consumer.
- Covers pre-cooling, weighing, sorting, grading, waxing, cold storage, reefer vans.
- Essential for perishable goods.
- Both are crucial for reducing post-harvest losses and enhancing processing.