Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the fourth version of World Meals India (WFI) 2025 on Thursday, September 25 at Bharat Mandapam. The four-day world meals and agribusiness occasion, scheduled from 25 to twenty-eight September will host over 1,700 exhibitors, greater than 500 worldwide patrons and delegations from 100 international locations, making it the most important gathering of stakeholders in India’s meals processing sector.
World focus and associate nations
The Ministry of Meals Processing Industries has confirmed that New Zealand and Saudi Arabia will take part as associate international locations whereas Russia, Japan, the UAE and Vietnam are focus international locations this yr. Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev will attend the opening session alongside Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Chirag Paswan.
The occasion may even see the participation of 21 international locations, 21 Indian states and Union Territories and 10 central ministries with pavilions showcasing regional strengths, worldwide collaborations and funding alternatives.
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Priorities for trade and coverage
Meals Processing Minister Chirag Paswan mentioned World Meals India is greater than a commerce honest, positioning India as a world hub for meals innovation, funding and sustainability. He added that whereas India produces sufficient meals, the nation is but to totally develop its processing capability.
Forward of the occasion, Paswan launched a publication titled ‘Often Requested Questions on Totally different Ideas of Meals Processing’ and introduced steps to control deceptive ads in processed meals. Business gamers have been instructed to obviously show content material and expiry particulars on packaging and work in direction of more healthy product variants.
Farmers, know-how and post-harvest focus
The agenda of WFI 2025 is anchored round 5 pillars: sustainability and net-zero meals processing, India as a world processing hub, frontier applied sciences, diet and well being by means of processed meals and livestock and fisheries to strengthen the agricultural financial system.
Organisers mentioned the deal with post-harvest processing will assist scale back agricultural losses and enhance farmers’ incomes. Devoted pavilions will characteristic improvements in know-how, pet meals, seafood and start-ups, with periods tailor-made for younger entrepreneurs.
The occasion may even host the World Meals Regulators Summit, organised by the Meals Security and Requirements Authority of India (FSSAI), to advance harmonisation of meals security norms. In parallel, the twenty fourth India Worldwide Seafood Present, led by the Seafood Exporters Affiliation of India (SEAI) will spotlight the potential of India’s marine exports.
Different platforms embody a reverse buyer-seller meet organised by APEDA, with the participation of over 1,000 patrons, and curated information periods and CEO roundtables involving greater than 100 world agri-food leaders.
India’s imaginative and prescient as world meals basket
Prime Minister Modi has described WFI 2025 as a strategic platform to advance India’s ambition of turning into the “meals basket of the world”.
