Mega Food Park Concept

Mega Food Park is being set up by Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd., a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) promoted by experienced and successful professionals in the area of construction and infrastructure development, food processing, and Self Help Group of farmers.

The idea behind setting up a Mega food park is to develop a fully integrated food processing facility to minimize wastages arising due to lack of infrastructure and other facilities to provide facilities for efficient procurement of raw materials, better prices for the farmers to reduce their hardships, better quality products, effective supply chain system with vertical and horizontal linkages and more employment generation in the core and non core sectors.

It has been observed that there is serious lack of infrastructure facilities at various stages beginning with the raw materials procurement from the farmers to the final food processing in the hands of the producers. To curb these issues, Mega Food Park proposed the 3 tier storage and processing facilities at different stages of food processing namely – Collection Centers(CCs), Primary Processing Centre (PPCs) and Center processing Centre(CPC). These facilities will ensure timely collection, storage and processing of food articles.

The same is illustrated in the diagram shown below :

Mission

To provide the best infrastructure, storage and end-to-end solutions for the food processing industry in the state of Tripura through empowerment of the farmer, reduction of losses, improvement in product quality, regular supply of raw materials to food processors at better prices for both farmers and processors by reducing middlemen and efficient transportation and logistics facilities.

Vision

Mega Food Park aims to be the model infrastructure provider to the food processing industry in India by adopting global best practices, high-end technology and providing end-to-end linkage to the food processing sector. The company shares the same vision as of Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India to increase level of processing of perishable food, higher value addition of food items and share in global food trade.

Objectives of the Project

• Creation of infrastructure facilities particularly transportation, logistics facilities including collection centers, primary      processing centers near the farm for efficient and systematic procurement of raw material for the food processing      units in the Mega Food Park,
• The strong backward linkage to ensure assured market with good price for the produce of farmers
• The products of the project will be demand driven and would be at par with food processing standards.
• Reduction in wastage of perishable Agriculture Produce.
• Capacity building of the producers
• Creation of an efficient supply chain along with significant with direct and indirect employments generation
• Creation enabling infrastructure
• Establishment of food processing units for processing the raw material available in the catchment area of Tripura and adjoining states.
• Better return to the farmers.
• Elimination or minimization of wastage of agricultural and horticultural produce.
• Production of value added processed food not only for indigenous consumption but also for exports.
• Availability of nutritious and hygienic food products for general consumption.
• Encouragement of investment and employment generation in areas where agriculture is still a predominant activity
• Provision of appropriate linkages between the agricultural and industrial sectors.