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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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devesh patel
devesh patel 11 years 6 months ago
1)Packaging o Used packaging is not suited for (long term) storageor for (long distance) transportation. o Use of (traditional) packaging with poor material and no design,causing damages to product during handling, storage & transportation o Overfilling of product packages and wrongly stacking of packages causing bruises, dents, punctures in produce; mixing of products.2) Infrastructure&connectivity o Poor quality of roads, particularly in rainy seasons.o Public expenditures on infrastructure
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Kishor Kumar Bhatia
Kishor Kumar Bhatia 11 years 6 months ago
Developing the Cold storage & utilization of alternate source of energy can help India to grow.http://vishesh2014.blogspot.in/2014/07/developing-cold-storage-utilization-of.html
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Kishor Kumar Bhatia
Kishor Kumar Bhatia 11 years 6 months ago
Suggestion to P.M. of India Suggestion 22: Developing the Cold storage & utilization of alternate source of energy can help India to Grow. Benchmarking Gujarat: Wind Energy (Bhavnagar), Solar Energy, Gas Turbines Technology (Ahmadabad Electricity Co & Gujarat Electricity Co Baroda) Observation: • Lack of Cold storage is responsible for costliness of food, vegetables and other perishable goods & produces • We are exporting vegetable at low cost due to lack of storage
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Rahul Prabhakar
Rahul Prabhakar 11 years 6 months ago
Creating an state level organization in association with corporates,industralists so that proper cold storage should be build in every village so that we don't have to bear the post harvest loss and thus, the prices of these items can be decreased and every individual can buy the items at lower price. Prime focus should be Farming and saving the post harvest losses by creating storage houses in villages.
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satish k
satish k 11 years 6 months ago
Government must supply the plastic crates to the farmers or yards this reduce the huge amount of wastage . or give crates on rental basis . every market yard must have one crates shop this will collect and transport the crates to the respective agricultural fields. This is also connect with the transport system
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satish k
satish k 11 years 6 months ago
Agricultural loading and unloading system is olden process. Now the requirements are quantity has been changed a lot . when it comes to shipping they maintain container system. Impalement the something like this for the market yards also . this process gives lot of benefits 1. saves a lot of wastage 2. Reduce the manpower. 3. Traffic issues .4. fresh product. 5. Cost cutting
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satish k
satish k 11 years 6 months ago
National transport system not yet connected well . need to establish a market yard and storage centers near to the highways and agricultural fields. So that the transportation is easy to the near city. Most of highway lorrys are going without load because of no proper communication. It saves a lot of oil consummation and less price for the transporting the food material . because of the higher transportation cost farmers loading huge amount of product this crush and destroy the product qualit
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Rohit Sompura
Rohit Sompura 11 years 6 months ago
1. We should to modify the loading and unloading surface at equal level which will reduce the damage during transportation. 2. Hand trolly (eco friendly) shall be used. 3. Bubble sheet shall be used while packing. 4. Soft vegetable shall be loaded on top and hard on bottom. 5. Proper aeration, humidity controlled, water proof and dry container shall be used.
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