Kharif Campaign 2016
Group No. 8
on
Reducing Post Harvest Losses and Augmenting the Production Towards Cold Chain
Presented by:
Dr . S. K. Malhotra
Agriculture & Horticulture Commissioner
Source: CIPHET (2015)
Post Harvest Losses
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Commodities Losses (%)
Fruits 6.70 to 15.88
Vegetables 4.58 to 12.44
Type of Infrastructure Total
Requirement (A) All India
Existing (B) All India Gap (A-B)
Modern Pack-house 70080 units 249 units 69831 units Cold Storage (Bulk) 34164411 MT
31823700 MT 3276962 MT Cold Storage (Hub) 936251 MT
Reefer Transport 61826 units 9000 units 52826 units Ripening Chamber 9131 units 812 units 8319 units
Source: NCCD-NABCONS
Reasons for Losses specific to Perishables
Cold chain in India presently available for milk, meat and (pharmaceuticals).
Existing surface cold storage capacity is inadequate (only 11% of production).
Surface cold storage is largely dedicated to potato (75.4%
of available cold stores).
Low availability of multi-commodity cold stores (23.1% of cold stores).
Non-availability of refrigerated transport from point of harvest to point of sale.
The gap is large in case of pre-cooling, pack-houses,
transport connectivity and ripening chambers.
Way Forward
4•Addition of 7.5 MMT of storage/cold chain capacity in next 5 years ; additional funds needed
•SHMs are directed to allocate at least 25% of total annual funds for PHM
•Mega cold chain projects near ports, LNG terminals, and other bulk cargo points in PPP mode under viability gap funding (VGF).
•FPOs, FIGs, SHGs, etc falling under the catchment zone of Mega Food Parks and cold chain projects be made aware of - encouraged to use these facilities.
•Promotion of alternate sources of energy like solar thermal
•Higher synergy with MOFPI and other related agencies
•More number of trainings and exposure are required to promote the PHM
•Needs research on Irradiation technology with CA Cold storages for Onion.
•Mushroom storage protocol required to be developed
•Development Packing standards
Cold Chain Model
Farmers Group Self Help Group Individual
Field Collection Centres
Field Collection Centres
PCC PCC PCC Pre Cooling
Centre
COLD STORAGE
F R E S H P R O D U C T S
Domestic Retail Domestic
Retail
Refrigerated Transport
Export Export
P R O C ES SI N G A N D V A LU E A D D IT IO N Export
Export
Domestic Retail Domestic
Retail
PPP
Mode
by Capt. Pawanexh Kohli
Use both Routes to markets
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