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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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srikanth reddy tumma
srikanth reddy tumma 11 years 6 months ago
"Farmer is the best person to take care of post harvest loss, so the govt should do two things (1) provided one vehicle with cold storage container capable of handling 100 kg or more stuff . then what so ever loss occurs in a day is preserved by farmer himself. (2) govt should provide subsidy or loan at cheaper prices to farmer to get vehicle with cold storage container. If these two things are done then we can solve many problems such as inflation control , nutrition, job creation, self employm
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SANDEEP KANTHED
SANDEEP KANTHED 11 years 6 months ago
GOVT. CAN PROVIDE & SUPPLY FRUITS & VEGETABLES DAILY AT SUBSIDIZED RATES THROUGH RASHAN SHOPS LIKE OTHER ITEMS. THIS WILL MAKE THE FRUITS & VEGETABLES AFFORDABLE FOR ALL. THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE THE DEMAND, SUPPLY & PRODUCTION OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES. ALWAYS REMEMBER HEALTHY CITIZENS MAKE HEALTHY, WEALTHY & WISE NATION.
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Sagnik Sarkar
Sagnik Sarkar 11 years 6 months ago
Middlemen should be eliminated from the game. The processing centres should directly arrange for transportation from the farmers, this would decrease wastage and increase the finances of the farmers. After processing, the processing industries should also manage the supply chain, which would supply the processed products to the relevant dealers. So, a single processing circle plays the whole game here, farmers and consumers are just 2 ends of it.
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Yeshwanth Gurudatt
Yeshwanth Gurudatt 11 years 6 months ago
Every Market (vegetable,fruit,horti etc) Should have compost management or Bio gas plant or any other alternative to reuse the waste. And this has to be Mandatory for big malls or local markets
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Yeshwanth Gurudatt
Yeshwanth Gurudatt 11 years 6 months ago
Using Technology like RFID, Giant walmart uses the same technology to handle things efficiently in tracking, transport and diversion. If we can monitor where the goods are being transported and stored from a central platform, we can minimize these loses by handling goods accordingly with respect to time. of course we can upload the RFID tags with any data like its time of expiry etc etc into it. Its all about time, and efficient handling which reduces these losses
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Amit Verma
Amit Verma 11 years 6 months ago
Can we turn these losses into something Useful. like we can use these into bio-gas or any other places where we can use this waste which is not usable for living beings. In case if it is usable for living beings. Like leaves of vegetable can be provided to Gau-shalas. Fruits can be provided to places which can provide free food to Poors. We may also pay the vendor of those waste. so both can get the motivation to take it to further level of this cycle. - Thanks Amit
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Prakash BS
Prakash BS 11 years 6 months ago
Sir, I feel, as we are moving forward with defense indigenisation, it would be good if we could develop each state in one particular area of defense equipment. For instance, Karnataka can be further developed in providing defense and civilian aircrafts. Northeast deserves more push in this regard and other states too. So that, all states get equal push from center interms of development.
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Aman Sinha
Aman Sinha 11 years 6 months ago
Sir, you can open the warehouses near the crop yields and create more and more food chain supply providing vacancies. You must keep an eye on the stats weekly... Thank you.
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