Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "India Food Processing Machinery Industry: How to Enter and Successfully Grow in this Explosive Growth Market" report to their offering.

India is one the world's largest producers as well consumers of food products. India is a richly endowed agricultural nation. It has nearly a tenth of the world's arable land and a fifth of the world's irrigated land. It has all the major climates of the world.

Over the years agricultural production has increased steadily and today India is the world's largest producer of milk, pluses, ginger, bananas, guavas and mangoes. India ranks No. 2 in the world in the production of rice, wheat, vegetables and horticulture products.

However, low level of processing and inadequate post-harvest infrastructure result in huge wastage of agricultural products, perishables in particular. Only about two percentage of fruits and vegetables, six percent of poultry and eight percent of marine products are processed. Evidently India's food processing levels are significantly lower than developed countries.

On the other hand, demand is growing rapidly for processed food products. Growth is being driven by rising incomes, rapid urbanization, and changes in the family structure that has resulted in a significant increase in the number of nuclear families. Changing palate, lifestyles and a young population are also driving demand. It is against this backdrop that demand for processed food has grown annually by about 15% in the past five and the growth rate is expected to accelerate to over 20% for the foreseeable future.

Abundant agricultural resources combined with growing demand for processed food means that India has the potential for becoming one of the largest food processing countries in the world.

The gap between low levels of processing and growing demand has created excellent market opportunities for Japanese companies whose presence as an investor in the Indian market as well as a supplier of food processing equipment is still relatively small compared to European countries and China in particular.

Among the major foreign firms in the food sector in India are HUL, Kelloggs, Nissin Foods, Buhler, Satake, Tetrapak and Nestle.

Key Topics Covered:

Section 1: India's Agricultural and Food Markets

1. Executive Summary

2. Agricultural Production Scenario

3. Overview of Supply Chain

4. Structure of Supply Chain - Opportunities in Supply Chain

5. Supply Chain Challenges

6. Demand Drivers

7. SWOT Analysis of Food Processing Sector

8. Government Policies and Foreign Direct Investment

Section 2: Move to Market

Companies Mentioned

- A G Industries

- A to Z Corp.

- Customized Kitchen India

- Buhler India

- Hindustan Unilever

- Indian Dairy Machinery Co

- Nestle

- Penwalt Ltd.

- Rei Agro

- Satake India

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