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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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Sudhana Venkaiah 11 years 10 months ago

Pranam,by following prescribed preserving,packaging and transportation practices in addition to HARVEST PLANING in response to the market demand.

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A K Gupta 11 years 10 months ago

Train small and marginal farmers with the latest methodology. Organized Training , Seminar at the Village level. The lead should come from centre. GOI has created ICAR but as a matter of fact not providing any help to Farmers.

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Sudhana Venkaiah 11 years 10 months ago

Pranam,This is in regard to laying of Geo./eco. friendly roads where in the slope of the roads is down towards the destination which will save lot of fuel some times the roads can be used with minimum fuel/even without fuel as there is every chance one day the total fuel may exhaust.Hence we should plan to make use of gravitational force to lay geo.friendly roads.

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Sudhana Venkaiah 11 years 10 months ago

Pranam.The height of the roads in cities is increasing due laying of layer over layer when they are disturbed due to rains due to which the man holes level is frequently disturbed,which is causative to frequent accidents.instead the level of the road can be made static by scraping the superficial disturbed layer and relaying by re using the scraped material adding some new material.Then the man hole level will be static reducing the traffic disturbance and accidents.The residents adjacent.

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Sudharma Hiremath 11 years 10 months ago

AUSTRALIA for AGRICULTURAL INDIA: In order to overcome the problem of Farmer's suicides and feed the families, which feed the nation, a pledge to Pravasi Bharatiya living in Australia to adopt a Farmer's family who is in distress. The idea is to support the families in their physical & mental wellbeing, education for their children and financially of course by bypassing private money lenders who are one of the cause for farmers suicides.

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MONI SANKAR BISWAS 11 years 10 months ago

By installing food processing industry we could reduce post harvest losses.Secondly,cold storage transport unit should be installed in each block level of sub-division in district,which will then connect to the bigger cold storage unit nearby.

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sachin khairnar 11 years 10 months ago

In our country in the villages people waiting for bus or vehicle in open space or at the name plate of the town if Mgnrega or local bord plant 3/4 big tree there.its helpful to environment & increase greenary

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vaishali bharati 11 years 10 months ago

We can use them in food for domestic animals and make use of it. Charge people who wastes any kind of food. Like in restaurants if you throw leftovers make people pay fine for it.

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sandeep shetty 11 years 10 months ago

I would like to suggest a solution to avoid and minimize for the Numerous Road accidents across India last few years it has been observed and data records show drastic increase in major Highway accidents, the solution is very simple to implement but will help to build our nation in all good ways of saving valuable human life and various resources used after the Mishaps.I would be honored If you allow me to give you a presentation of the same before you and your technical team.

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KACHCHHI MOHAMMEDALI SIDIBHAI SIDIBHAI ALIBHAI KACHCHHI 11 years 10 months ago

Respected Sir,PSUs are not doing concrete for the cleanliness they should not only clean their offices but they have to do cleanliness in nearby areas also. This is being taken as rituals.They should be instructed that a certain radius is aso their responsibility.

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