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Title: Cold chain crisis: India loses Rs 92,000 crore of crops every year
Source:The Financial Express
Date:30 March 2017

India loses crops worth R92,651 crore a year during and after harvesting is completed due to a shortage of cold chain facilities and limited food processing capacity, reports Banikinkar Pattanayak in New Delhi, citing a study by the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering & Technology (CIPHET). The study shows the losses are highest at 34% for fruit and vegetables, followed by cereal at 22% and livestock produce at 20%. The reason for high losses in the fruit and vegetable segments are higher market prices of such items compared with key grains, and the fact they perish faster. Post-harvest, fruits and vegetables need immediate attention, the report suggests. The study estimates the losses based on the crop production of 2012-13 and wholesale prices of 2014. The massive losses also bring to fore another hard fact: India is the world’s largest producer of milk and the second-largest grower of rice, wheat, fruit and vegetables, but the processing level of such items currently stands at just 10%.




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