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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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LAXMI PRASAD BODA
LAXMI PRASAD BODA 11 years 6 months ago
The potential of the cold chain is immense as most of the farmers lack storage facilities and access to other post harvest facilities. Owing to a change in lifestyle, the demand for fresh and safe fruits and vegetables is growing exponentially and hence the cold chain industry has a critical role to play.
LAXMI PRASAD BODA
LAXMI PRASAD BODA 11 years 6 months ago
Considering the global food security problems, reduction of post-harvest losses across the chain, especially in developing countries like India, is a crucial task which can be achieved by understanding the above constraints and addressing squarely the problems for promotion of cold chain industry. Post-harvest technology includes automated approaches for sorting, packing, and forwarding perishable crops into intermediate storage facilities before transporting in temperature-controlled containers
SARVESH KADUKAR
SARVESH KADUKAR 11 years 6 months ago
There should be food processing factory in area where more dominance of fruit and vegetable. For example in some area there is more tomato production occurs there is tomato sauce or tomato powder making factory should be there. Also in village each panchayat have there own truck.So that all the farmer from that village or from nearer village use it for transportation of there product to nearer market. This truck maintain by common farmer fund. There is also good railway transportation.
SARVESH KADUKAR
SARVESH KADUKAR 11 years 6 months ago
I am from Nagpur and in Nagpur there is one market called cotton market which is near to railway station. So farmer can use railways specially made for farmer. Also I suggest to prepare cold storage at such a market places. Some time raw fruit come to such a market, so there should be ripening room for such a product. I also watch on TV that one farmer who supply vegetable to mall sow the seeds in rows but timing of sowing in each row is delayed by one week. So no food spoil and affect the sup
Jagdish Dubey
Jagdish Dubey 11 years 6 months ago
Link all fruit and vegetable production farmers with packaging and processing units in Safal like cooperatives, public as well as private sector. All produce may be sorted, graded and properly packed. If it is not consumed fresh, it has to be put in cold stores,cured or dried. But linkages, cold chains and processing are essential for preservation. Like milk chilling centers, we may also have fruit and veg preservation centers at all block hqs. specializing in processing of one fruit or veg.
Dipak Jadhav
Dipak Jadhav 11 years 6 months ago
1. Do Market Survey for demand of food for every region of India. 2. Try to make most of the consumption for local market first by using community farming, coorinated farming, pre-buying of food grains by salers, effective use of crop insurance schemes, 3. Control the time of cultivation, amount of cultivation, schedule properly the harvesting periods to match demand patterns and distribution of income through crops. 4. Ensure the purchase quality and quantity by selecting seeds, pesticides, water control and other methods so that after harvest period the food is not rejected by bulk buyers. 5. Setup as many as small scale food processing units near the producers and enabling local market sale 6. Look for better supply-chain, storage and export opportunities and have special treatment for the same to avoid spoilage at every stage from crop selection to actual consumption. 7. Unfortunate spoilage - turn it into electricity production and have eco-system for getting atleast some benefits inspite of spoliage in some unfortunate events.
Karthik Jayaraman
Karthik Jayaraman 11 years 6 months ago
Encourage setting up of food processing units near the primary trading market for each fruit and vegetable e.g. tomato ketchup plants at Madanapalli. This will provide alternate use for overripe fruit and vegetables. Support can be land, low cost power and venture funding.
Virendra Singh Chouhan
Virendra Singh Chouhan 11 years 6 months ago
We should take a step in bringing samarthan mulya paddhati in fruits and vegetables also and than control its destribution.
Satishchandra Bharadwaj
Satishchandra Bharadwaj 11 years 6 months ago
Contd...Creating ample number of storage facilities with touch of the art equipment which could be made use of by any and every producer just for the asking, would surely go a long way in avoiding to letting the agriculture produce, result of days and nights of toil and sweat, going to the dogs. THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN SAVING THE FARMER OF FINANCIAL LOSES CROP AFTER CROP, AND THE COUNTRYMEN WOULD BE SAVED OF SHORTAGES OF THE ESSENTIAL EATABLES OF NUTRIOUS VALUE SO ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTH.