Change in mindset - Orienting stakeholders towards ‘demand and profit driven production'

♤ Participants across the agri value- chain need to shift their focus from trying to market ‘what is produced' to producing ‘processable varieties and marketable products' meeting global quality standards and traceability requirements, duly adopting need based viable technologies and quality controls.

Human resource development-to meet increasing demand for skilled manpower

♤ Stimulate industry, academia and government to put in combined efforts for development of specialized institutes and courses for providing training on managerial, safety and enforcements, technology and production, warehousing and distribution aspects.

♤ Encourage State Agricultural Universities to commence courses in food packaging, processing, bio-technology, information technology in agriculture and such allied fields.