Ideally located in Eastern India, Jharkhand caters food products to large population of the country. Cultivates wide variety of fruits & vegetables, both for domestic consumption and export. Round the year cultivation of Cauliflower due to its conducive climate. Other high value vegetables like French Bean, Capsicum, Chilly and Carrot are produces in a large quantity. Fruits, Vegetables, Spices & Field Crops are largely organically produced. The state has about 18 lakh tons of high quality surplus vegetables with record paddy production of 56 metric tons. Dairy is being treated as potential area to spur primary sector growth. 23.6 lakh ha of flourishing forest cover offers niche minor forest products. Opportunities also in exploiting the commercialization of agro-forestry products, cashew processing, medicinal plants processing, honey production, meat & meat products.

The meat sector in the State is pre-dominantly unorganized. There are very few modern abattoir and processing facilities in the State. In spite of a large livestock population, the meat industry in the State has not yet evolved to its potential. The output of meat has increased in the state from 62.48 thousand tonnes in 2019-20 to 67.25 thousand tonnes in 2020-21 indicating an annual growth of around 8 per cent. The production of meat has shown an upward trend in last nine years and accordingly state government is planning to promote Meat processing industry seeing the local demand and available ecosystem for meat processing. To facilitate further growth in this sector, Government is planning to put thrust on Meat processing and allied sector.

The state is also investing in strengthening the cold storage network with 58 cold storages already on ground while many cold storages are under various stages of development.