INDIAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES AHEAD WITH FOOD PARK PROJECTS
March 8th, 2015
INDIA’S ministry of food processing industries is set to approve the establishment of 18 new ‘mega food parks’, linking farms to manufacturers and markets through a network of collection centres and primary processing centres.“By the end of March, the ministry [of food processing industries] is going to give final approval to 18 mega food parks,” Anand Jha, associate director of Grant Thornton India, a consultant to the ministry told just-food.com.The government has also now completed financing for 17 other parks approved in principle since 2008, ...
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