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Pitching for taking Indian food products global, Union minister Chirag Paswan has said that the Indian processed food sector has huge potential for growth in the international markets. Here for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Paswan told PTI that the food processing ministry allocated to him by Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes with a huge responsibility. "Our aim is how we can help our farmers more while also strengthening the food processing industry of the country," Paswan said soon after reaching Davos on Monday evening. In an agriculture-dominated country like India, the food processing industry can play a key role in ensuring the economic progress of our farmers, he said. Referring to the prime minister's aim to make India a developed nation by 2047, Paswan said the food processing sector will have a significant contribution in achieving that goal. "Earlier, our farmers used to face a lot of post-harvest issues, but in the last ten years we have seen a lot of new .