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Perishable Goods Supply Cold Chain Management in India

Perishable Goods Supply Cold Chain Management in India

Anju Bharti, Arun Mittal
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781799853541|ISBN10: 1799853543|EISBN13: 9781799853558
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.ch025
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Bharti, Anju, and Arun Mittal. "Perishable Goods Supply Cold Chain Management in India." Research Anthology on Food Waste Reduction and Alternative Diets for Food and Nutrition Security, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 501-515. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.ch025

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Bharti, A. & Mittal, A. (2021). Perishable Goods Supply Cold Chain Management in India. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Food Waste Reduction and Alternative Diets for Food and Nutrition Security (pp. 501-515). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.ch025

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Bharti, Anju, and Arun Mittal. "Perishable Goods Supply Cold Chain Management in India." In Research Anthology on Food Waste Reduction and Alternative Diets for Food and Nutrition Security, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 501-515. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5354-1.ch025

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Abstract

India has seen a phenomenal growth and occupies the top three positions in production from last decades in production of horticulture produce, dairy and meat products over the last decade. But at present, India's share in global farm trade is still very small even with such large production volumes. This is mainly caused due to lack of cold chain infrastructure which includes both storage and transportation facilities. The cold chain industry in India is still at a nascent stage and despite large production of perishables, the cold chain potential still remain untapped due to high share of single commodity cold storage, high initial investment (for refrigerator units and land), lack of enabling infrastructure like power & roads, lack of awareness for handling perishable produce and lapse of service either by the storage provider or the transporter leading to poor quality produce. Cold chain systems are crucial to the growth of global trade in perishable products and to the worldwide availability of food and health supplies.

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