Maize starch quietly underlies dozens of industries, from packaged food to pharma, paper, textiles, and adhesives, making it one of the most reliable business ideas in the Indian agro-processing sector. It is both ubiquitous \u2013 as farmers across the country can produce it \u2013 and increasingly indispensable, as food processing is rising across the country. At the same time, a well-run wet-milling operation can balance its books by selling to multiple industrial clients as opposed to only one major consumer. For an entrepreneur based near maize-producing farms, such a venture can also have backward integration in the form of purchasing farmers\u2019 produce.<\/p>\n