List of Profitable Value Added Products from Fruits & Vegetables. Value Addition and Processing of Agri-Products. Dehydration, Canning and Preservation of Agricultural Produce.
India's diverse climate ensures availability of all varieties of fresh fruits & vegetables. It ranks second in fruits and vegetables production in the world, after China. India is the world largest producer of many fruits and vegetables. India produced around 81.285 MT fruits and 162.187 MTs of vegetables which accounts for nearly 14.0% of country’s share in the world production of vegetables. Although, more than 70 types of vegetables are grown in our country, higher emphasis is given to more popular vegetables like tomato, brinjal, chilli, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, potatoes, onions and few common cucurbits and leafy vegetables. These also generate high income and employment, particularly for small farmers. Among the vegetables, potato is cultivated over large area followed by onion, tomato and brinjal whereas, in the case of production potato ranks first followed by tomato, onion and brinjal. Though India has lot many positives in the vegetable production and marketing sector. The total production of fruits and vegetables in the country was 255 million tonnes in 2014-15, which was 251.9 million tonnes the previous year.
Fruit and vegetable processing industry has taken a new direction and is growing gradually with strong growth rate annually. Infrastructure development for processing may take this industry to the new heights in the years to come with the help of sufficient exports and investments. Fruit and vegetable processing is done widely in the food and beverage industry. Fruits and vegetables are processed into a variety of products such as juices and concentrates, pulp, canned and dehydrated products, jams and jellies, pickles and chutneys etc. The extent of processing of fruits and vegetables varies from one country to another.
India has emerged as one of the largest consumer markets in the world. India's diverse climate ensures availability of all varieties of fresh fruits & vegetables. It ranks second in fruits and vegetables production in the world, after China. ndia is the largest producer of ginger and okra amongst vegetables and ranks second in production of potatoes, onions, cauliflowers, brinjal, Cabbages, etc. Amongst fruits, the country ranks first in production of Bananas (26.04%), Papayas (44.51%) and Mangoes (including mangosteens,and guavas) (40.75%).
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