The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) Constituted on 18th November, 2004 under the chairmanship of Dr. M. S. Swaminathan gave the following recommendations to improve the conditions of farmers. The recommendations include:
Other fruits and vegetables which are exported to some extent in the processed form are apricot, bel, peach, plum, strawberry, ladies finger, brinjal, cabbage, carrot, karela, tinda, mustard green, parwal, spinach, turnip, chillies, and ginger.
India can have good agribusiness in mango products and other processing industries based on fruits like apple, pineapple, oranges, lemon, lime, aonla, and guava, and vegetables like peas, tomato, and potatoes ( canned).
Further, grant of subsidies and incentives like the removal of duty on tin plates, sugar, and railway freight to processors is necessary to encourage exports.
It is also necessary to develop sophisticated allied industries such as manufacture of containers and closures ( covers ) equipment and machinery used by fruits and vegetable processing.
However, there is need in India to develop facilities for research to evolve new techniques and standardised recipes and methods of manufacture of fruits and vegetable products.
tea, and rice. Entry into agribusiness requires polishing and parboiling. Commodities like fruits, vegetables, and eggs are sorted out according to size, shape, and colour. Canning of fruits and vegetables constitute an important part of agribusiness.
India has recently entered into agribusiness, which consists of processed and unprocessed agricultural products. In the processed category are processed fruits and vegetable juices, meat, and meat and fish products, sugar and molasses, coffee and tobacco, spices and wheat,
In recent years, conglomerate companies that are involved in non-agricultural business have entered into agri-business by buying and operating large farms. Some food processing farms that operate farms have begun to market fresh produce, under their land resources.