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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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Karteek Rakshit
Karteek Rakshit 11 years 7 months ago
Trucks with refrigerator facility only should have PERMISSION to transport fragile FRUITS & VEGETABLES. make interior of Trucks SPONGY so that there is no tampering during travel.
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Dignesh Shah
Dignesh Shah 11 years 7 months ago
FDI - Germany's ALDI & LIDL retail supermarkets do sell very cheap fruits & vegetables (including many other items such as 500 g strawberry Jam cost in uk store only 29 Rs....cheaper than India..!) https://www.aldi.co.uk/ Ask them to invest in supply chain of fruits & vegetables - opening of small window initially as our beloved PM have said when he talks FDI in retail - humble suggestion from his own core constituency - Maninagar..
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Mukteswar Mothadaka
Mukteswar Mothadaka 11 years 7 months ago
1. Development solar powered cold storage facilities. 2. Design and establishment of mini-processing plants in rural ares wherever demand (intensive production) is more. 3.Development of value added products employing combination of fruits and vegetables. 4. Increasing transportation facilities especially in remote areas. 5. Price fixation and development of infrastructure for marketing. The implementation of above ideas can prevent post harvest losses, especially of glut produce.
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Anil Nayak
Anil Nayak 11 years 7 months ago
Today the major portion of the loss due to the lack of proper storage facility to our farmers. If the Govt. with private and the local farmers participation be able to create a proper storage facility for the fruits and other perishable vegetables in every Taluk HQ the loss can be minimized and over the period this will be nil.
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chandan narayan
chandan narayan 11 years 7 months ago
Make proper refrigeration facilities for the farmers where they can preserve the fruits and vegetables. As far as I know all the developed countries have this very good option, and thus their is no inflation or deflation. In India it so happens that the middlemen cause these inflation and deflation by earning lots of money, while neither the grower(farmer) or the consumer is benefited.
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Vinod Kumar Maheshwari
Vinod Kumar Maheshwari 11 years 7 months ago
sir/madam, There is much scope to establish more sabjimandis in country. Farmers should be allowed to sell their products from village to village. cold storage and packaging facility must be promoted. Better transport and Online selling of fruits should be focused.
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Peeyush Srivastava
Peeyush Srivastava 11 years 7 months ago
1. Eliminate middle men. 2. Cold storage at panchayat level through PPP model. 3. A system to be developed which can take care of small farmers who sell their fruits and vegetables road side as it contributes more in wastage. 4. Sabji mandis with cold storage facility can be established at a regular distance which will eliminate the road side stalls. 5. Private players can be allowed to develop supply chain and deliver the products at customers door step and may charge a premium.
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Piyush Sonthalia
Piyush Sonthalia 11 years 7 months ago
1) Provide world-class Connectivity (road, rail & air) throughout India 2) Create cold-storage-network to minimize food-wastage 3) Educate farmers & reduce control of middlemen over farmers through E-Governance & Jan-Dhan-Yojana
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