- The Challenges faced by the Food Processing Industries in general include:
- There exists gaps in supply chain infrastructure which means inadequate primary processing, storage and distribution facilities
- Insufficient connection between production and processing
- Seasonality of operations and low capacity utilisations
- Institutional gaps in the supply chain, for instance, there is dependence on APMC markets
- Lack of focus on quality and safety standards, and
- Not having enough of product development and innovation
- Other constraints faced by the Indian food processing sector are as follows: