Mega Food Park Scheme: Important Topics for UPSC Exams​

Mega Food Park Scheme: Important Topics for UPSC Exams​

What is the scheme all about?

• It is a scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MOFPI) of the Government of India and is an inclusive concept.
• It proposes a demand driven/pre-marketed model with strong backward/forward linkages and sustainable supply chain.
• Its objective is to establish a "direct linkage from farm to processing and then to consumer markets" through a network of collection centres (CCs) and primary processing centres (PPCs) so as to ensure optimization of value addition, minimization of wastage, increasing farmer’s income and creating employment opportunities particularly in rural sector.
• The scheme is based on a “Cluster” approach and envisages a well-defined agriculture or horticultural-processing zone containing state-of-the art processing facilities with support infrastructure and a well-established supply chain.