Second edition of World Food India (WFI) 2023

The second edition of World Food India (WFI) is being organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), which will be held from November 3-5, 2023, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

Ministry of Food Processing Industries organised WFI 2023 to celebrate 2023 as International Year of Millets, and showcase India as ‘food basket of the world’.

• 1st edition was launched in 2017.
• ‘Exponential Food Processing: Positioning India as Global Hub’ is one of the focus pillars of WFI 2023.
• India’s Food Processing Industry (FPI) emerged as “sunrise sector” and attracted FDI investments of about Rs 50,000 crore in past nine years.
• Processed food segment’s contribution to agri exports has grown to 23 percent, making an overall increase of 150 percent of exported processed foods.
• Processing Capacity increased to more than 200 lakh metric tonnes.

Key Elements of WFI 2023

Exhibition

• Showcasing opportunities
• State, Country Ministry pavilions
• Product-wise pavilions
• Specialized zones for Millets,Organic Food, Niche technologies

Conferences & Knowledge Sessions

• Deliberations & Showcasing of opportunities, growth, ecosystem, emerging trendsetc.
• Tentative themes mentioned in the below sections.

Country & State Sessions

• Countries to showcase strength & possible areas of collaboration
• State to showcase opportunities, EoDB ecosystem etc.

Industry Roundtables with policy makers

• With top decision makers & regulators in GoI on policy areas that impact Investments in the sector – DPIIT, FSSAI, Finance, Commerce etc.

B2B / B2G / G2G / RBSM Meetings

• Investment facilitation
• Bilateral discussions
• Product-wise pavilions
• B2B discussions amongst participating global & local entrepreneurs

Digital Showcase

• Showcasing knowledge on
• New innovations
• Achievements of GOI- MoFPI Initiatives
• ODOP
• Nutri cereals

Food Street

• Exclusively curated food experiencing arena to showcase Indian products & ingredients
• Opportunities for fusion with global cuisines

Start-up Grand Challenge / Hackathon

• Bringing forth technology solutions & new innovations for challenges faced by Indian food processing ecosystem

Awards

• Recognizing breakthrough advancements made by Start-ups, innovators, micro entrepreneurs etc.

 

3 main pillars of India’s growth of FPI

• Small Farmers: Effective use of Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs) to, increase their participation and profits. 7,000 FPOs have already been made.
• Small Industries: About 2 lakh micro enterprises are being organized to increase Small Scale Industries participation.
• Women: More than 9 crore women are associated with SHG. Also, PM disbursed seed capital assistance to over 1 lakh SHGs.

Initiatives taken to promote Food Processing Industry

• PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana.
• Mega Food Park is one of its components.
• One District One Product scheme giving a new identity to small farmers and small industries.
• Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI).
• Eat right India movement

 

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