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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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subodh bansal 11 years 8 months ago

Read problem is that fruits and vegetables is available but consumer not ready to buy it. Consumer buy imported fruits and vegetable or other item. So post harvest fruits and vegetable spoil in market. I planned two new ideas which will motivate consumer to buy post harvest fruits and vegetable. I am open for detail discussion.

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abhinav bhardwaj 11 years 8 months ago

Hai or ussey bola jata hai 1000 rupaye jama karao.Public dealing status touched below average level. I am a swayemsewak of RSS and seeing this I could not hold myself. This is how these babu's will make Bharat Sashakt. Daridra Narayan kewal bolne bhar ki baat hai unn logo ke liye. Please ask them to handle public a polite manner.

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abhinav bhardwaj 11 years 8 months ago

Namaskar Modi ji, Punjab national bank ki Tri nagar branch ka anubhav apko batana chahunga. Ek 80 saal ka buzurg admi dhanyavad karta hai ek lady officer ko or vo chidchidakar ussey dutkarti hai ki mujhe "kaam karne do" vo buzurg admi reserve bank me 35 saal baad AGM retire hua hai. Zero balance pe account khulwane aaya ek garib vyakti bhagaa diya jata

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Balasubramanian Lakshmanan 11 years 8 months ago

If inflation rates comes down then farmers will get affect. Govt has to take some action to benefit farmers and eliminate trade brokers gain. Govt can introduce a rule which ensure farmers profit. If we fail to ensure farmers growth then we have to import everything from abroad..

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Balakrishna Bhat 11 years 8 months ago

Develop micro , mini and small first stage processing equipments and technologies and give them to farmers and wholesalers, who can treat the damaged ones immediately and sell them to regular food processing units to make jams and juices or to hotels,who have use for crushed preserved pulps

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RAMESH KUMAR 11 years 8 months ago

Your swearing in as Prime Minister of India and your promise of good days ahead has aroused a feeling of confidence in every Indian like me. I am working as contract employee in I. Tax. since last 7 years. Our counterparts working under state govt. of Haryana for more than three years have been regularized. This has given a ray of hope for many like me working in various central govt. deptt. it is my sincere request to consider this important issue and have a liberal view on our regularization

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Kaphaoleng Angkang 11 years 8 months ago

Prime Minister National Rural Upliftment Programme (Building Quality Village) Logo is designed with triangle:- Centre, State and District. It has three main color indicating India flag. Circle in the middle is the indication of Quality Village with the support of three Angle. Fund flow from three angle will help in building up a strong and Quality Village. PMNRUP Fund should flow Direct to District from Centre and to Panchayati Raj/Village Authority from district. With this system we can build.

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R Laxmi Prabha 11 years 8 months ago

There should be food processing centres to produce quality tinned vegetables,juices,jams,squashes etc. Especially in A.P. tomato farmers throw away harvested tomatoes when the prices are very low,they leave tomatoes unplucked in farms because they are unable to pay high labour charges where as they get low price as low as two rupees per k.g.Good quality tomatoes must be collected at the price which profits farmers and should be used to produce puree and sauce which are widely used in cities.

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Kumaradhas J P 11 years 8 months ago

Though Indian farmers are geting better yields, they are not geting proper monetary benefits due to the invlnt of the agents. Their efforts are suppressed by giving low value and the brokers are keeping the market price at the higher level. Introduction the Processing cum Cold storage facilities and a involvement of professionals unlike existing bodies with the infrmtn of demands and the cold supply chain process andthe possibilities of selling directly to the markets by the farmers will prevent

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Kapil Kasana 11 years 8 months ago

The chain should be short becoz everyone in chain having some storage which leads to losses occur... N by increasing chain sell value increased becoz everyone include his cost and profit.. So market price is so high ... And sometimes they block d storage only to increase the demands n cost by virtue of which losses increases becoz not having good facilities for storage....!!!

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