Agriculture with Special Emphasis on Horticulture and Agribusiness Opportunities - A Case Study on West Bengal

Abstract

West Bengal, with good productivity of agri-horticultural produce belongs to sound agri business potential. However, this potentiality gets neglected due to inadequate development and improper use of food processing infrastructures in the state. Consequently, it has to suffer average annual loss of ₹842.08 crore from wastage of agri-horticulture produces. This loss could be prevented by unlocking state’s full potentiality in agribusiness and welcoming food processing industries in the state which will contribute to the GSDP also.