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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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Harshal Pawar
Harshal Pawar 11 years 9 months ago
Answer is simple. Create more food industries. Some may use in alcoholism, some in products like Maggie, Fruity, Pizza Jams etc. Some may use after drying. Or can be sell in malls, export in other countries. One more best option is create network of agriculture. Network must such that Government will ask farmers of specific regions for specific products after survey for soil etc. All products will get market. Nothing will waste and government will have record of everything.
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Sushant Mishra
Sushant Mishra 11 years 9 months ago
Cold chain logistics and warehousing is the biggest problem. The vast train network should be leveraged with passenger trains having a refrigerated van attached so that farmers can move produce from distant places to any part of India. Better knowledge of food processing and availability of basic tools and machinery locally at village or community level. Production according to distance from market so that produce does not rot in transit and may reach market safely.
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Bhavesh Ginoya
Bhavesh Ginoya 11 years 9 months ago
First of Govt should form effective policy for agriculture product, its price, and product distribution channel. Then after govt should marketing the policy to farmer same as done for business organisation. There must be seperate depatment at every District and Taluka level in govt which only works for providing all information like price policy, Govt schemes(Yojana), distribution channel, etc. As well as Govt should produce thier own products like pesticides, seeds, equipments, etc.
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AK BANSAL
AK BANSAL 11 years 9 months ago
In India ,more than 40% of Fruits/Vegetables get rotten every year for want of suitable Logistics and storage. We can easily get rid of Inflation if take care of this issue which has been totally neglected by our Govt since independence . It is high time the Govt wakes to this need of the hour and create Warehouses for storage of these items and curb inflation. Poor people will specially be benefitted in a great way to meet their basic needs.
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R Kamath
R Kamath 11 years 9 months ago
Sirji, First & foremost, our agricultural scientists should disseminate the right information about the kind of storage needed for fruits & vegetables, as conditions vary from item to item, & depending on the crop / type of fruit/veg. produced in an area, the required type of cold storage should be set up with PPP model. Abroad in some of the countries, Solar Cold storage systems are being used increasingly & may be, we should also explore in that direction towards a cost effective storage
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Chetan Anand
Chetan Anand 11 years 9 months ago
Only solution is connect the Food Corporation of India warehouse, with local warehouse. Local farmer can be connected with membership card with ERP & POS/Kisosk at village level. Their sale can be purchased by govt & the same be recorded in the card of the farmer. The entire harvest across the country can be recorded. Excess stock in one state can be shared with another & stock can be shifted. Everything can be controlled if you need to control with technology.
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kushagra rathore
kushagra rathore 11 years 9 months ago
To reduce post-harvest losses in supply chain of fruits & vegetables my suggestion are as per:- we can implement storage hall in every town. like i am living in C.G. the main crop are rice so there are many storage in town but because of lake of care many tons of rice are lost. so the main factor is that to provide the storage is not matter of consent but to take responsibility in perfect manner. we can implement the privet storage with favorable condition for fruits & vegetables.
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TARUNESH RAJ
TARUNESH RAJ 11 years 9 months ago
प्रधान सेवक को मेरा प्रणाम पहुँचें, महोदय मैं और मेरी पत्नी दोनों डाक्टर हैं और संविदा में पदस्थ हैं एक शहरी प्राथमिक स्वास्थ्य केन्द्र में | हमारे केन्द्र में औसतन 50 से अधिक प्रसव एवं 1500 से अधिक OPD होती हैं हर महीने | हम दोनों की पदस्थापना 26 फरवरी 2013 से है | किसी ने बताया कि आप संविदा शब्द पूरे देश से हटाने वाले हैं.... क्या ये खबर सही है???? कृपया जवाब देकर हमें हमारे भविष्य का निर्णय लेने में मदद करें | धन्यवाद | डॉ. तरूणेश राज कोरबा छत्तीसगढ़
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sundara deepthi
sundara deepthi 11 years 9 months ago
Respected sir, I would like to bring to your notice that a small IDLY in Bangalore is costing Rs12 .IDLY being our traditional breakfast in South is becoming costlier day to day.The price of Urad dal has shot upto 100/kg..If u could transform the agriculture sector be addressing "CROP AS PER REQUIREMENT"..like to educate and plan farmers in each state as to which crop should be cultivated as per the adaptability of that soil and region, post harvest loss of crops could be avoided.
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