the food basket. As been witnessed, the proportionate expenditure on cereals, pulses, edible oil, sugar, salt and spices declines as households climb the expenditure classes in urban India. The opposite happens in the case of milk and milk products, meat, egg and fish, fruits and beverages. There is a decline in proportionate expenditure on staples (cereals, grams, pulses) from 45 per cent to 44 per cent in rural India while the figure settled at 32 per cent of the total expenditure on food in urban
high-productivity agricultural sector. Consumers in highly industrialized and developed countries, who have ample purchasing power but little spare time, are purchasing precooked foods and prepared fresh fruits and vegetables. This means that many products acquire considerable value added in their trek from farm to table. The consumption pattern of food by the upper and middle class people of the developing countries have also changed with the introduction of new features of colour, size and flavour, as well as safety
Dairy processing sector lies mostly in the unorganized sector. The share of organized sector in the dairy is less than 15 per cent. It is expected to rise rapidly with the rise of cold chain system especially in the urban regions. The milk products manufactured by the organized sector, some of them among prominent ones are ghee, butter, cheese, ice creams, milk powders, malted milk food, condensed milk and infant foods. The market size and growth rates of the products in organized dairy and consumer
of a difficult political economic context. In 2010 the growth of GDP is estimated to be 3%, due to more difficult monetary conditions, lower remittances and bad agricultural performance. The economy of the country highly depends on the trade with India. Due the poor condition of it the inadequate supply of energy and waters and the lack of transparency in tax administration strong barriers to the country’s economic still remain same .Structural reforms are planned to response the crisis, as well
Packaged or Convenience Foods This segment of food category comprises of all kinds of bakery products, ready-to-eat snacks, chips, namkeens (salted snacks and savouries) and other processed foods/ snack foods. The market size of these confectioneries is estimated at US$ 484.3 million which is growing at the rate of 5.7 per cent per annum. Biscuits have a large market of US$ 373.4 million, growing at 7.5 per cent per annum. Other products also like bread, chocolates are also growing at a significant
maize occupies the fifth largest position in area and sixth position in production, contributing to 2.4% of world production with almost 5% share in world harvested area. In Indian Agriculture maize holds a major position. Among the cereal crops in India, maize ranks third in production as its annual production is around 21 million tonnes and its covering 8.5 million hectares. In the year 2012-13, maize
vAs discussed above, India is a major producer of food (fruits, vegetables, wheat, pulse, milk, spices etc) in the world. India is addressed as the ‘Food Bowl’ of the world which may not be a fallacy (Figure 1.1). The production of food in India has shown a steady growth in the recent past and according to the Ministry of Agriculture of India, the trend will continue in the coming decade. The growth for food sector in India can be attributed to diverse habitats it offers. The country has rich spectrum
Economics perspective of cotton production in South Asia Our topic is” How can we achieve profitable and sustainable food production and distribution?” In another world: How can we achieve profitable and sustainable agriculture production and distribution. We narrow this topic to “Sustainable cotton production in South Asia- Case study of BT cotton in Indian and it’s role in farmer suicide.” As is known to all, biotechnology has played an important role in achieving the goal of sustainable and profitable
An effective utilization of human resources can boost the development of India. Hence, both Central Government and State Governments have prepared the number of plans for the economic development. Among the many plans, one of the plans is establishment of Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The very purpose of establishing SEZ is providing all infrastructural facilities, marketing assistance, financial assistance and incentives in all aspects. If all the facilities are provided, certainly, many entrepreneurs
Industrial biogas is produced at sewage treatment plants (sludge fermentation stage), landfills, sites with industrial processing industry and at digestion plants for agricultural organic waste, both mesophilic (35 °C) and thermophilic (55 °C). Biogas from anaerobic digestion and landfills consists primarily of CH4 and CO2 .[7]. In this paper biomass like different type of wastes