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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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nagesh bommidi
nagesh bommidi 11 years 10 months ago
Build efficient distribution system with the help of private sector. Reduce the middleman. Have efficient process to collect the crop information and estimate the demand and open the export options to other countries. Best way to advise the farmers the best crop they can choose based on the potential demand and govt should provide incentives and insurance for the farmers who adopt this.
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kamal mukherjee
kamal mukherjee 11 years 10 months ago
reducing illegal cold storage by vegetable mafia and making available in the market. Price reduces, farmers can earn more profit, more food available to the poor
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Ananth Puri
Ananth Puri 11 years 10 months ago
We need to improve our logistics farm to consumer 1. Automate Storage (Still we are using age old storage baskets we will loose 25%of produce while transport use pallets, bins, crates) 2. Use Pallets and bins and forklifts in transport will reduce more than 90% time in loading and unloading. 3. Build Cold Storage at regional hubs close to market, store them when they are season and sell them thorough out the year. 5. I remember your words our railway ships on first in first out basis
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R Kamath
R Kamath 11 years 10 months ago
Part 2/2: If we can ‘ve this ‘WHITE” revolution, it should spur us from emulating a similar model, if not same model, for maintaining a supply chain of veg. & fruits to have “SAFFRON/ORANGE” (FRUITS) & ‘GREEN” (VEG.) REVOLUTION, all three joining together to make our TRI-COLOUR (SAFFRON – WHITE – GREEN) FLY EVEN HIGHER! ofcourse, we need more cold storage facilities & May be, Govt. funding can help the Horti. Co. Op Societies to establish cold storage@ dist. level to reduce the loss of supply!
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R Kamath
R Kamath 11 years 10 months ago
Sirji, Part 1/2:Very interesting query & answer perhaps lies in EMULATING THE MILK CO. OP SOCIETY MODELS successfully followed all over India. Last heard or read, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, we’ve more than 65000 Milk Co. Op. Societies, with more than 7.5 million farmers/people as members contributing & maintaining a daily supply chain of milk, in the process, making INDIA, THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF MILK IN THE WORLD!-THERE'S NO MUCH WASTAGE THERE!. LET'S FOLLOW GR8 INDIAN SUCCESS STORY OF MILK!
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sanu sinha
sanu sinha 11 years 10 months ago
I think we should open chain of shops in partnership with private sector at least one shop in each block, which can sale and also buy agricultural product direct from farmer on the basis of no profit no loss...
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Chandramouli Srinivasan
Chandramouli Srinivasan 11 years 10 months ago
The farm produce should be sent to closer markets rather than far off destinations. Packaging of fresh fruits should be done near the place of production and the excess produce should be processed into long term consumables like juices, jams etc, in the nearby food processing centres
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