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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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Devdas Bhaskar
Devdas Bhaskar 11 years 8 months ago
Logistics support to be offered to farmers , who today get exploited due to lack of these facility. They are forced to sell their product to the middle-man at lesser price, due to the fact that their product after harvesting have limited shelf life. If GOI through Public-private-partnership can take care of the logistics , it would reduce the post harvesting losses.
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Rohit Bishnoi
Rohit Bishnoi 11 years 8 months ago
1. Allow FOOD BANKS for storage and distribution of food items. 2. Make FCI a governing body in the lines of RBI for regulating these food banks. 3. Allow private as well as government bodies to operate these food banks.
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kolli mohan siva kumar
kolli mohan siva kumar 11 years 8 months ago
Dealing post-harvest losses- 1, Farmers have to sell their fruits and vegetables to the society without any mediators so that a farmer who has grown his fruits or vegetables himself dont want to waste them and sell it for a reasonable price.If this was done by a mediator, he waits for profits though the fruits and vegetables are spoiling. this process would decrease the variation between the poor and the rich mediators in terms of economy.
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Lokesh Chahar
Lokesh Chahar 11 years 8 months ago
Cold Chain models operating in India Two business models exist currently in India, both carrying pros and cons. The 3PL (Third Party Logistics) Service Providers Model, which means that the cold storage and other post-harvest management services are provided by a third party service provider for a charge.
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Lokesh Chahar
Lokesh Chahar 11 years 8 months ago
As the horticultural produce has to be transported over significant distances and climactic regions, encountering different environments affects the quality of the produce and cold chain becomes essential in order to develop an effective and balanced supply chain. The potential of the cold chain is immense as most of the farmers lack storage facilities and access to other post harvest facilities.
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Lokesh Chahar
Lokesh Chahar 11 years 8 months ago
Potential of cold chain industry for fruits & vegetables in India Vegetables ate mostly grown all over India and are consumed regionally, whereas the fruits grown in specific regions e.g. apples grown in the Himalayas, grapes in Maharashtra etc. have to be distributed across regions. Lack of proper post-harvest management leads to a large percentage of value loss of the fruits estimated up to 40 percent.
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Lokesh Chahar
Lokesh Chahar 11 years 8 months ago
Post-harvest technology includes automated approaches for sorting, packing, and forwarding perishable crops into intermediate storage facilities before transporting in temperature-controlled containers to their destinations, including processing factories. Logistics and traceability obviously play a vital role in the supply chain.
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Lokesh Chahar
Lokesh Chahar 11 years 8 months ago
Role of cold chain in reducing the post harvest losses 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.
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Lokesh Chahar
Lokesh Chahar 11 years 8 months ago
This results in immense loss in the quantity and quality of the produce, increasing the value loss in Indian Supply Chain for Fruits & Vegetables. In most cases, these supply chains lack storage facilities, post harvest machinery, marketing infrastructure such as grading, standardization, and other machinery. In hilly areas, this problem is aggravated due to constraints of infrastructure, labour and other facilities.
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Lokesh Chahar
Lokesh Chahar 11 years 8 months ago
In the process of bringing the produce to the central markets, a large share of a farmer’s realizable value is lost as commission, supply chain mishandling and losses, owing to improper infrastructural facilities that results in greater wastage. The intermediaries hardly care about the losses the farmers have to incur and do not spend on quality cold storage and other post harvest facilities.
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