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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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Yash Chodhry
Yash Chodhry 11 years 6 months ago
Pool in supply chain management experts from private companies to help out the government in moving these items to the masses. Give government subsidies for cold storage owners and people who can allocate their resources to help the government manage the supply chain. Give access to people who are interested in storing this produce on how to set it up. That way a person who owns a piece or property can startup a storing a logistical business to help the government and himself.
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Karthik Jayaraman
Karthik Jayaraman 11 years 6 months ago
Facilitate creation of mega cold storage facilities jn Chattisgarh, where power is surplus and location is favorable. Chattisgarhnis in geographic centre of India and fruits and veggies from across the country can be brought and stored there. Provide free land and low cost power since power is in surplus anyway there, to private entrepreneurs.
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Karthik Jayaraman
Karthik Jayaraman 11 years 6 months ago
Encourage free market pricing for cold storage facilities. Current practice in many states of limiting cold storage tariffs makes it unviable and also results in poor quality facilities coming up. Encourage professional distributon companies that can charge fair price for cold storages and build a nationwide network. Prices will not rise as these companies will eliminate large markups currently made by traders
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Satishchandra Bharadwaj
Satishchandra Bharadwaj 11 years 6 months ago
It is really something that calls for serious deliberations at all levels that that the precious agricutural produce of our country gets decayed and allowed to go waste when millions of our countrymen need them the most. The worst part of this sad episode is the decaying of all-precious fruit and vegetables. While their not getting reached the market hurt the farmers financially, THE DECAYING ADDS TO THE MAL- NUTRIONAL LEVEL IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THAT IN CHILDREN,HERE TOO THE LOWER STRATA
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Satishchandra Bharadwaj
Satishchandra Bharadwaj 11 years 6 months ago
It is really something that calls for serious deliberations at all levels that that the precious agricutural produce of our country gets decayed and allowed to go waste when millions of our countrymen need them the most. The worst part of this sad episode is the decaying of all-precious fruit and vegetables. While their not getting reached the market hurt the farmers financially, THE DECAYING ADDS TO THE MAL- NUTRIONAL LEVEL IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THAT IN CHILDREN,HERE TOO THE LOWER STRATA
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Satishchandra Bharadwaj 11 years 6 months ago
It is really something that calls for serious deliberations at all levels that that the precious agricutural produce of our country gets decayed and allowed to go waste when millions of our countrymen need them the most. The worst part of this sad episode is the decaying of all-precious fruit and vegetables. While their not getting reached the market hurt the farmers financially, THE DECAYING ADDS TO THE MAL- NUTRIONAL LEVEL IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THAT IN CHILDREN,HERE TOO THE LOWER STRATA
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Satishchandra Bharadwaj 11 years 6 months ago
It is really something that calls for serious deliberations at all levels that that the precious agricutural produce of our country gets decayed and allowed to go waste when millions of our countrymen need them the most. The worst part of this sad episode is the decaying of all-precious fruit and vegetables. While their not getting reached the market hurt the farmers financially, THE DECAYING ADDS TO THE MAL- NUTRIONAL LEVEL IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THAT IN CHILDREN,HERE TOO THE LOWER STRATA
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Satishchandra Bharadwaj 11 years 6 months ago
It is really something that calls for serious deliberations at all levels that that the precious agricutural produce of our country gets decayed and allowed to go waste when millions of our countrymen need them the most. The worst part of this sad episode is the decaying of all-precious fruit and vegetables. While their not getting reached the market hurt the farmers financially, THE DECAYING ADDS TO THE MAL- NUTRIONAL LEVEL IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THAT IN CHILDREN,HERE TOO THE LOWER STRATA
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Satishchandra Bharadwaj
Satishchandra Bharadwaj 11 years 6 months ago
It is really something that calls for serious deliberations at all levels that that the precious agricutural produce of our country gets decayed and allowed to go waste when millions of our countrymen need them the most. The worst part of this sad episode is the decaying of all-precious fruit and vegetables. While their not getting reached the market hurt the farmers financially, THE DECAYING ADDS TO THE MAL- NUTRIONAL LEVEL IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THAT IN CHILDREN,HERE TOO THE LOWER STRATA
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Satishchandra Bharadwaj
Satishchandra Bharadwaj 11 years 6 months ago
It is really something that calls for serious deliberations at all levels that that the precious agricutural produce of our country gets decayed and allowed to go waste when millions of our countrymen need them the most. The worst part of this sad episode is the decaying of all-precious fruit and vegetables. While their not getting reached the market hurt the farmers financially, THE DECAYING ADDS TO THE MAL- NUTRIONAL LEVEL IN THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THAT IN CHILDREN,HERE TOO THE LOWER STRATA
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