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World Food India 2023

Santhosh Kumar 04/11/2023

World Food India 2023 mind map
Location
Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
Editions
2nd edition in 2023
1st edition in 2017
Objectives
Showcase India as food basket
Celebrate 2023 as International Year of Millets
Promote investments, partnerships, establishments
Participants
Over 80 countries
CEOs of prominent food processing companies
Highlights
Food Street
Featuring regional cuisines
Royal culinary heritage
Pavilions for food processing industries
Innovations showcase
Financial empowerment focus
Quality assurance
Innovations in machinery, technology
Ayush Aahar
Products by Ayush Startups
Reverse Buyer Seller Meet
1200 overseas buyers
Partner country: Netherlands
Focus country: Japan
Strengthening Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
Seed capital for over 1 lakh groups
Food processing industry status
Sunrise sector in India
7th position in exports
Over 50,000 million USD

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