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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)
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 ...
every distt. should have a special area for producing vegetables, so transporting time get reduced and wastage also
Establish small pre treatment plants like near farms by PPP model, like establish small grading counters for tomatoes, from there some fresh tomatoes goes to market for sale some degraded goes to tomato paste makers.
Effective Weather Forecasting and broadcasting of any change in weather pattern be communicated in areas where the Fruits are grown in large numbers.Online Sales to be promoted and cold chain transportation techniques be developed to be able to stop loss of expensive fruits. India Post be funded to carry out Commercial Air Cargo operations so that Fresh Kashmir Apples be tested in Kanyakumari and Delicious Mangoes grown in Maharashtra and TamilNadu be consumed in North East.
If cold storage-based transport systems (trains with compartments having refrigeration provisions or vans/trucks will refrigeration) can be provided for transporting perishable food items, such as fruits/vegetables/milk products etc. to the nearest cold storage locations, it will decrease the rate of decomposition. Also if these cold storage facilities can be created in higher frequency, say one per district, they will decrease the time needed for transport.
I think, improving forward linkages at the farm level would do. e.g. involving private food processing companies would be a good solution. They should be encouraged to collect the fruits and vegetables from the farms or setup preprocessing centres at the village level. Cooperative institutions can also do it.
I feel that the best option is to promote fruits and vegetables marketing co-operatives in the lines similar to the ones in milk supply like Amul in Gujrat and Nandini (KMF) in Karnataka. Fruits and vegetables, like milk area also perishable goods and if milk can be supplied efficiently, even fruits and vegetables can also be supplied efficiently.
Respected PM,
Farmers may kindly be provided Road Transport buses from villages in the early hours like in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States. Raithu Bazars,( for farmers to sell their vegetables) are also to be provided to sell the farmers vegetables and fruits without charging any amount in providing shops to sell their vegetables, lighting in night time. AP and Telangana States are already enjoying from 10 years or so under Agricultural Ministry. To be followed in other states also.
Low cost ware houses, Market info availability, Rural knowledge centers to make them understand the techniques to minimize the loss. Installing low cost manufacturing units to add value to the produces.
Create an eco system for Agro supply chain.
1.Create Agro grid by improving road connectivity and constructing sufficient low cost warehouses
2.Collect village/town level production and consumptions
3.Create a digital infrastructure where Post Office staff(they have last mile connectivity) updates daily prices in near by markets
4.Let villager or producer decides where to sell or store
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE PERISHABLE MATERIAL ,TO KEEP THESE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT FOR A LONGER PERIOD AND FRESH ,THE FIRST REQUIREMENT IS TO ESTABLISH A GOVT OWNED MARKETING ESTABLISHMENT IN EVERY BLOCK AND GOVT PURCHASE THE PRODUCT AT MARKET RATE FROM THE FARMERS AND KEEP IT IN STORE HOUSE SPECIALLY BUILT FOR VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ,NEXT GOVT SHOULD BUILT ALL WEATHERED SURFACE ROAD IN THE VILLAGES SO THAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS CAN BE TRANSPORTED TO THE MARKET CENTER ,WITHOUT DELAY .LASTLY MOST