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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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Hakim Taj 11 years 10 months ago

Warehousing (cold storage) is obviously key. But very expensive. Logistics is another big challenge. But before all this Information is key. How much stock there is? and where is it located? the best and cheapest solution is to build a resource planning tool --- where potential buyers can know. The buyers themselves will purchase from source and make arrangement. It will also be JIT, cutting down warehousing infra cost. If not sold in 24 hours let it go to international markets...

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Kaushal Kishore Tiwari 11 years 10 months ago

The govt. should provide cold storage facilities in every village.Water can also be used as a substitute to cold storage for a limited period.

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MONIKA SHARMA 11 years 10 months ago

export them before it got perish in other countries which are in lack of it so that we will be able generate money in comparison of perishing it .

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Prabhudatta Sharma 11 years 10 months ago

Why do people make railway station dirty but dont do tha same in a metro station or airport. It is the mindset that railway station are made to be dirty and metro sation not. We have to work for the change in the mindset of people through awareness. How this awareness will come? i think our education system will help in this regards. Our syllabus should contain subject pertaining to cleanliness from nursery to college so that cleanliness will get into our blood.

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Prabhudatta Sharma 11 years 10 months ago

Swachh Bharat is a magic movement started by Shri Modiji. He is a true leader. Everybody know the importance of cleanliness but at many places we forget this except in our home. Nobody make their home dirty. So why to make our surrounding dirty? When the leader of the country initiates something it will must be succeed.

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Dr Jayadev P 11 years 10 months ago

Increase the cold chain availability and food processing units be set up across the country so that perishable commodities are either stored for future usage or converted to other edible things.

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