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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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shivangtrivedi7@gmail.com
shivang trivedi 10 years 8 months ago

why post harvest looses happen in supply chain of fruits and vegitables
* production is greater then demand bad storage..
* fruits and vegi cant be stored for too long
* looses in transportation
* other looses that i frankly dont know......if u wish
see the next comment

shivangtrivedi7@gmail.com
shivang trivedi 10 years 8 months ago

#PRODUCTION IS GREATER THEN DEMAND
cant we forecast that this time this coli flower is going to have this much demand and cabbage is going to have this demand...
then we will go to a farmer nd say him hey dude tel me what u r going to grow nd we will calculate his production potential....
then we will go to next framer and say him brother dont grow colli flowers this time....we are above our estimate...check any other vegi from the list...
if u wish see next comment...:)

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shivang trivedi 10 years 8 months ago

#storage
i insist we should have storage companies using our PPP model......just privatize storage.....there are some issues but it will surely increase our storage capacities.......
if u wish read next comment

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shivang trivedi 10 years 8 months ago

#transport looses
there is a problem in my first suggestion...... we should not create zones for particular crop as it will increase transportation cost for each zone in getting crops which are not grown in that zone.....we need to create each zone self sustained.....it will automatically reduce looses in transportation.....geography is a factor but in those cases transportation has to be done to other zone...
and railways are best to save fruits from jerk they face in trucks.....

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KULAMANI MISHRA 10 years 8 months ago

Government should provide transport at subsidised rate in PPP mode so that farmers can transport 70% of their produce to urban places to get competitive price. Farmers should not be allowed pack up 100% produce to towns. They must sale 30% in rural markets or at place of production at low prices for villagers.

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Kumar Amit 10 years 8 months ago

To reduce the wastage of fruits& vegetables , firstly we should better the road linkage and transportation system.. We should also uses cold storage trucks for this which is very few in our country..
Then secondly we should make cold storage or storage system for food.. Thus can reduce the cost of fruits and vegetables in retail market and its direct profit the consumer, farmer and gov..
It improve the living of civilians and the healthcare cost of gov. Will be reduced.

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NIRAJ KUMAR 10 years 8 months ago

by provding better transport facilities and cold storage faclities.

kulamani.1955@gmail.com
KULAMANI MISHRA 10 years 8 months ago

Cold storage should be opened in every tehsil or one in each ten panchayat to preserve fruits and vegetables.this will prevent loss to farmers.

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Vyomendra Oza 10 years 8 months ago

Low cost equipments should be used and maximum manpower must be utilized in this industry.

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devesh goenka 10 years 8 months ago

agar har tahsil me kam se kam ek cold storage rahega to pas ke sabhi ganv k log usme apna fruits aor vegetables rakh sakenge aor rate bhi nahi badhega kabhi jada aor market me har samay vegetable aor fruits available rahegi

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