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How to reduce post-harvest losses in supply chain of fruits & vegetables?

How to reduce post-harvest losses in supply chain of fruits & vegetables?
Start Date :
Jan 01, 2015
Last Date :
Feb 02, 2015
04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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India is the World’s second largest producer of Fruits & Vegetables. However, the processing of perishable products in our country is very low, in comparison to the ...

India is the World’s second largest producer of Fruits & Vegetables. However, the processing of perishable products in our country is very low, in comparison to the developed countries or developing countries like China, Brazil, Malaysia, Vietnam, etc. One of the main constraints in the growth of processing of fruits & vegetables in the country is non-availability of modern and suitable infrastructure with efficient supply Chain. Consequently, there is very high level of wastage of the fruits & vegetables in the country resulting in the farmer not getting adequate remuneration for his yield. A study conducted by Central Institute of Post Harvesting Engineering Technology (CIPHET), Ludhiana, an ICAR institute, reveals that wastage in various agricultural crops in the country range from 6-18% and the highest loss has been shown in fruits and vegetables.

Ministry of Food processing Industries invites views/ suggestions for reduction of these losses.

Last date for sending your suggestions is 1st February 2015.

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Vijay Arora
Vijay Arora 11 years 10 months ago
It is a strange fact that all the Traders in Wholesale Mandies are using very rough empty Crates (cardboard boxes and joot bags) for transporting fruits and vegetables till the date. There must be used some permanent Crates of packets like all the cold drinks companies are using from the beginning of there business. All the Traders must use some permanent plastic Crates for transporting goods as it is not a one day business but for decades and make turn over a Millions of rupees.
Aswin kumar p r
Aswin kumar p r 11 years 10 months ago
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Krishnan Parlikad
Krishnan Parlikad 11 years 10 months ago
The medical profession is far from ethical. The practice of giving kick backs-cuts- to the referring doctors is at the expense of the poor patients.The Govt must regulate this sector.The Indian Medical council is only a silent witness-or accomplice- to these atrocities.
Payal Gupta
Payal Gupta 11 years 10 months ago
On-time supply, well equipped warehouses, and timely maintenance- these factors can help us to avoid post harvest losses. for this, farmers need to have a well maintained environment, proper roads, crop maintenance
CVR MURTY
CVR MURTY 11 years 10 months ago
Heavy losses that our farmers and small retailers of fruits and vegetables suffer are really disturbing. When I walk through a market place on a Monday morning heaps of vegetables and some fruits are found on the roadside from what remained unsold the previous Sunday open market. Tomatos, green chillis,brinjals, okra, onions etc all left back by the sellers as the cost of carrying them back would be more than the cost of the items.These items are sold at Rs.10 or 20 per KG.What the farmer gets ?
MONIL THAKKAR
MONIL THAKKAR 11 years 10 months ago
we should encourage people to open consumer co op societies and encourage farmer to be members of such societies and sell their product to such society so consumer and farmer both get benifited by such co opratives.
Alka Vasudeva
Alka Vasudeva 11 years 10 months ago
For post harvest losses first of all is the need of village farmers to form a cooperative. With the membership fees a good capacity warehouse with facility of pest control can be built. Within 500 meters if the produce is stored then online trading can help the farmers get better prices and bigger market. These farmer cooperative can tie up with local transporter to provide weather proof carriages to deliver the sold stocks.
Ayush Parashar
Ayush Parashar 11 years 10 months ago
As far as my reckoning is concerned , there should be proper roads in the area of transportation , cold storage should be there , whatever the waste are left , we can reuse it for our pets like cows , buffaloes n all , by consuming it we can get more milk n chaff expenses can also be decreased, firstly there should be transparency in supply , because it observed that due to earn bribe , officers delay in getting passed the truck from the barriers resultant high cost n rotting.
prasad limaye
prasad limaye 11 years 10 months ago
food process industry can help us, farmers should educate of food processing &storing. on the other hand they should know the perfect market to sell their fruit & vegetables. government should insure them that they will not harassed by commodity market holders. main thing is speedy transport of their goods and it can be solved by Et3 [evacuated tube transport technology] system .