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Is Indian Poultry Industry ready to face the competition? By: Vijay Sardana According to FAO, in the last few years, agricultural production has experienced significant development due to an increasing demand for food by the world's population. This demand results particularly from the increase in the global population, as well as in average income and urbanization . The United Nations (UN) estimates that there will be eight billion people on the planet by 2030, whose income will be, on average, 32 percent higher than in 2006. In addition, meat consumption per person per year will increase by 26 percent in the same period, and this increase in consumption will be chicken meat. In a country like India, milk, poultry, fish, and the egg will remain the main source of animal protein due to various economic and sentimental reasons. Incidentally, there are also recommended by nutritionists and health professionals as well. However, these are not the only factors that will

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Opportunities in Food Market: Can India become Global Food Hub? Before making any generalised policy statement on trade issues, we must understand what is happening in the world market and why India policies and Indian companies failed to capitalise on existing opportunities so far. (all numbers in graphs are USD x1000) If you see the following table, you will find India is very small player across segements. The only area where we have made impact in trade is basic commodities i.e. expolitation of natural resources only that too due low cost and export related subsidies. There is no premium due to missing innovation, value addtion or quality. We generally remained low cost producer and not high quality producer. Any fluctualtion in currency impacts our exports negetively. (all numbers in graphs are USD x1000) Look at our share in world trade. Why it is so low, there must be investigation in all segemnts of business. Every business segment has its  own challenge. T

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Why Food Park Approach in India needs serious relook? Lately, have you heard anything about Agri-export Zones, Food Parks, Special Economic Zones and something similar in newspapers. What happened to them? Why they all vanished? This must be studied. Now you hear Mega Food Parks, but nothing about food parks for which Rs. 4 crores were given from public taxes. Now, Mega Food Parks are in discussion with Rs. 50 Crores subsdiy fro tax payers money. Will they exist? Time will tell. Keep close watch on developments.  Concern is now in open: In order to make mega food parks a success, now government is forcing all new investments in Food processing must come in mega food parks in case promoter want subsidy from MFPI.  in my view, this is a wrong approach this will hurt effciency of Indian food industry and imports will increase.  This condition clearly shows that investors are not keen to go to food parks for various reasons. What is more important survival of badly located