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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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varun sourav 11 years 8 months ago

By providing cold storage near to harvesting location i.e. farms Make a rule for all the restaurants, hotels & super market to buy local available fruits and vegetables also for foreign chains like Mc. Donalds, KFC etc Also make a department which will collect the waste fruits & veg. & will supply to the GOSHALA (place where dairy animals lives). the spoil will be supplied to green manure plant, where it will be converted to manure. Educate the farmer for seasonal and profitable cultivation.

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Ankit Sanghavi 11 years 8 months ago

there should b facilities or direct opportunities for the villagers to directly connect to the consumers. The intermediaries stack up the veggies from different farmers and just let the stale in the warehouse. The farmers should b giving the facilities as to transportation and storage of their growings.

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Vijay Dani 11 years 8 months ago

I will write about traffic sense of my citizen friends. We are self centered and do not care for rights and convenience of others when out on the street. The courtesy of " Give Way" system is not in our blood this ia because we have been under foreign rulers for hundred of yeras and are used to ways of a slave. We must teach every indian of every age to learn to stand in a queue, wait for his turn, show respect to other indian on his side, respect others when in public areas this needs efforts

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sham sunder 11 years 8 months ago

India bought 200h/t of gold @1050$.sell If still bng held in treasury and buy some silver depending upon Indian demand and liquidity.Normal gold /silver ratio 50 is now 74 in favor of silver,& reverse the position whenever the situation goes opposite.If ready 2 take some risk sell some gold in future/forward mkt. It is suggestion need more study by specialists & insiders.

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BRUNDAVANA VENKATA ATCHYUTA RAO 11 years 8 months ago

Firstly, the fruit & vegitables life time is 2 to 4 days. We should locate AC storage sheds every 6 to 10 Kilometers distance for farmers, and a nominal fee we should collect from them. Then after the farmers take away their items and sold to the public with in a time of one month because the life time of fruits and vegitables increased from nearly to 2 days to 1 month due to the AC storage sheds.

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PUNTAMBEKAR PRAKASH 11 years 8 months ago

Cold storage is the answer . Cold storage can be created very cheaply . High grade insulation panels can be put together anywhere and solar panel refrigeration can create on site temporary storage . Cold storage transportation can reduce deteriotion of produce and lengthen the life of produce . Cold storage train bogies can increase penetration of market , making produce awailable in furtherest corners of india .

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Anjani Shahi 11 years 8 months ago

Recently, I traveled in Sleeper Class(Muz-Delhi) to check if performance of Railways has improved or not for common people. On the radar of cleanliness, I was a bit satisfied. But, corruption has not reduced. In front my eyes, a TTE took 200 bribe to offer a seat to passenger. My phone was off, and I could not make video of incident. When I confronted him, he started shouting at me, and he said even father of Modi can not stop corruption. I was totally disappointed at that time. But, I will not

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ARJUN SANAL 11 years 8 months ago

a moving educational hub like concentrating on villages and small towns.I want education to reach these children.Any angle investors or anybody plshelp in realising my dream :)

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ARJUN SANAL 11 years 8 months ago

When our nation shouts for right to free education and governments repeatedly says about promoting education are we making any improvement??Just think of scenes which i believe everyone should had seen like small children who should be seen at schools with books being outside in hot sun sellin and working to earn their living.VIP , ministers and cars and vehicles of many such peoples might had passed across theses faces but nobody looks into it.I have a dream to create a moving educational hub.

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shivam kumar singh 11 years 8 months ago

sir, for clean India mission dustbin should be made available to us and it safe disposal should be done so sir please try to look into the matter

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