Kharif Campaign 2016 Group No 8 on Reducing

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

Post Harvest Losses Commodities Fruits Vegetables Losses (%) 6. 70 to 15. 88 4. 58 to 12. 44 Source: CIPHET (2015) Total All India Requirement (A) Existing (B) Modern Pack-house 70080 units 249 units Cold Storage (Bulk) 34164411 MT 31823700 MT Cold Storage (Hub) 936251 MT Reefer Transport 61826 units 9000 units Ripening Chamber 9131 units 812 units Type of Infrastructure Source: NCCD-NABCONS 2 All India Gap (A-B) 69831 units 3276962 MT 52826 units 8319 units

Reasons for Losses specific to Perishables q Cold chain in India presently available for milk, meat and (pharmaceuticals). q Existing surface cold storage capacity is inadequate (only 11% of production). q Surface cold storage is largely dedicated to potato (75. 4% of available cold stores). q Low availability of multi-commodity cold stores (23. 1% of cold stores). q Non-availability of refrigerated transport from point of harvest to point of sale. q The gap is large in case of pre-cooling, pack-houses, transport connectivity and ripening chambers.

Way Forward • 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 4

Cold Chain Model Farmers Group PPP Mode PCC Self Help Group PCC Individual Field Collection Centres Pre Cooling Centre PCC Domestic Retail PROCESSING AND VALUE ADDITION Export COLD STORAGE FRESH PRODUCTS Refrigerated Transport Export Domestic Retail

Use both Routes to markets Farm Collection Sorting Packing Centre Normal Supply Chain HUB or Regional Mandi Local Processing Plants Cold Chain Distant Process Plants by 6 Capt. Pawanexh Kohli Perishable Export Centres Distant Domestic Markets

2081 storage structures created (Maharshtra, Rajashthan, Karnataka, MP = 80%)