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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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aditya verma
aditya verma 11 years 6 months ago
chain should be made shorter! allow farmers to bring produce directly instead of middle men. at some places and for some products farmers should be allowed to directly sell their produce to consumers. waste is inevitable. at most, it can be reduced. an incentive for waste collection should be initiated. this biodegradable waste could be used for creating bio-gas, electricity and slurry. Slurry could be used back by farmer as manure thereby reducing dependence on fertilisers.
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Dhruv Thakkar
Dhruv Thakkar 11 years 6 months ago
For regarding to farmer we must create proper cycle that farmer can sell his goods in proper market with the proper funding. we should give open market to farmer that he sell his goods in open market @ his proper costing. we gave them proper instruction so that he can give earn well & produce well. we should create a person channel for every village who gave instruction to farmers and every farmer should learn from that men and increase his production. using it we give proper job to people.
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Rajashekar Mukkani Jayaramaiah
Rajashekar Mukkani Jayaramaiah 11 years 6 months ago
All perishable goods need to be treated with high priority with reliable storage and transport system. Air transport with Cold compartments need to be extensively used for transport of veg & fruits between possible main places to minimize the waste caused by the Transportation delays with proper digital communication between the Supplier and the Consumer.
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Geeta Vali
Geeta Vali 11 years 6 months ago
Wastage in any field result into monetary manner so as in supply chain if Fruits and vegetables are being wasted than we should be more cautious and take essential steps. We need a proper Team consisting importantly followings : 1. Warehousing Group who will check and do the needful on Warehouse, its requirement in different location, building it up and its maintenance, 2. Proper Transportation Team : A responsible Transport Team with its reliable worker and upgraded transportation mode can h
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Harsh Agarwal
Harsh Agarwal 11 years 6 months ago
To provide the harvested fruits and vegetables at a reasonable cost to those who need it the most and is in scarcity at a particular place. Also to build up better logistic facility in the country and quicker movement of perishable goods to other parts of the country.
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J Nagaraj
J Nagaraj 11 years 6 months ago
To build cold storage facilities, improve our transport infrastructure, and use information & communication technology to identify the right place of demand. Take innovative research in storage.
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sambit pahadsingh
sambit pahadsingh 11 years 6 months ago
Vegetables same cold storage to be built but the stock should be monitored it should not be like the vegetables put in the storage in jan is sold in decemeber There should be goverment haats which should be open daily in all communities where the population is more than 500 which can also help in reducing the cost of vegetables and wastage
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sambit pahadsingh
sambit pahadsingh 11 years 6 months ago
1) For Fruits, If the amount of loss is significant then there can be a tie up with the juice manufacturing industries which can produce organic juice and off course for that there should be machinery installed for manufacturing extracting the juice/ice cream/pulps. This also might help in reducing the cost of juice/ice cream/pulp in India Cold Storage units to be built taking into consideration the wastage.. e.g we can have mangoes in winter...:)
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prasad gadgil
prasad gadgil 11 years 6 months ago
A radical new solution that's being used in china and also in US is to use a mist based multi-tier veggie growing farms close to the cities or places of consumption which will eliminate the transport completely... This will radically increase the veggie supply, reduce the transport and wastage and also allow exports. Aerofarms based on aeroponics is one such US effort.
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