India, Feb. 5 -- Dhruv Saxena, Senior Consultant, Agri-Food & Nutrition Growth Advisory, Frost & Sullivan provides budget insight for the food and allied sector

Budget 2026 - 27 nudges India's agri-food system from volume-centric staples toward value and resilience. The high-value agriculture thrust - especially the Coconut Promotion Scheme - targets productivity renewal in perennial crops, critical because coconuts support ~30 million livelihoods including nearly 10 million farmers. Dedicated programmes for cashew/cocoa and sandalwood signal stronger emphasis on post-harvest, processing, branding and exports, creating whitespace for input companies (planting material, orchard management), processors, and traceability/quality players.

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