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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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RAMESH NS
RAMESH NS 11 years 6 months ago
India is a vast country with so many diversity, as made public during the election campaign. The main problem to control/prevent food loses is due to storage from FCI. Like SEZ we need to have huge storage capacity to build to store fruits/veg/food commodities of different capacities. This will also help to reduce inflation and price during scarcity and climate changes. With PPP model this should be done on war footing and closure to Railway/Bus stations to reduce wastage.
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Suresh Sharma
Suresh Sharma 11 years 6 months ago
Dear Mr PM / GOI --- this is great to see all great work being done by the govt ' but please remember that first think first is very important in life . The first thing people in country will need is safety for citizen . There seems no law , no action for culprits and crimes on increase and people with full of corruption . People who are creating troubles for others are well aware that Mr Modi is busy doing business with countries to please global leaders . Not good work for people so far ....
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SATYABRATA TRIPATHY
SATYABRATA TRIPATHY 11 years 6 months ago
SIR, let all village has a small type storage houses. if we can save our fruits and vegetables in village level or block level then it will easily check our food and fruit losses,,
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Bhuwan Chand
Bhuwan Chand 11 years 6 months ago
Dear Sir, One need to focus on 3 things, infrastructure, infrastructure and Infrastructure. E.g. Guj is top producer of cotton in India. TN has high demand for it as hub for garment industry. Irony is that its profitable to export cotton from Guj to China and Import from South Africa to TN since the transportation cost (by road) between them is extremely high. It is critical for India's development to have more economical modes of transportation & less dependence on road. Thanks
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ajay barve
ajay barve 11 years 6 months ago
Each MP should be given the task to form a Preshible Agriculture Product Management Society in his constituency. The cooperative society will solely focus on 1) identifying local consumer industry 2) Setting funds to buy storage equipment and transport vehicle 3) Managing the supply chain 4) Guiding farmers and industrialist to setup processing plant in close proximity of the constituency 5) Collaborating with other society to maximize reuse of processing plant and transport vehicles.
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SUBBIAH SUBRAMANIAN
SUBBIAH SUBRAMANIAN 11 years 6 months ago
In tamilnadu capital chennai-koyambedu market, electricity is produced using this waste fruits and vegetables.this process may be extened to all over the country since electricity is the major requirement, especially states like tamil nadu...
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