PROCESSING UNITS:

The markets for Animal Husbandry and Live Stock are largely unorganized and dominated by the small private traders. The infrastructure, procurement practices and marketing approaches are the major constraints in development of markets in the region. The basic infrastructure facilities like storage, warehousing and transportations are missing and thereby affect the storage and mobilization of goods. The processing capacity is developed on the potential of supply of raw material of that area, however despite of huge surpluses available in the region, the development of processing industry has been negligible in these States. 

Moreover, there is a huge potential for development of some allied activities to agriculture like horticulture, fishery, animal husbandry, sectors, etc. Based on these allied activities agro-processing industries including food processing units can be profitably set up in some states of the region.

COLD STORAGE / WAREHOUSE: 

The promotion of exports of horticulture requires a major support in building the necessary infrastructure and support systems. The existing infrastructure for the development of horticulture is highly inadequate in many ways. The low technological base and limited market infrastructure with virtually no storage facilities and inadequate means of transport have resulted in a very low or even no growth in this sector.

It is important to have ones own cold storages and ware houses to store the end products for continuous business through out the year.  It also helps in improving productivity of land, generating employment, improving economic conditions of the farmers and entrepreneurs, enhancing exports and foreign exchange earnings.