| India has tremendous potential to become
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| | abroad.Annually, there is usually a large
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| the primary source of agricultural
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| | amount of such agricultural produce that
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| products, more specifically food products
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| | is waste away. If there were cold storage
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| in the world. It has about 53% of arable
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| | systems, efficient cold chain, logistics
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| land - land available for cultivation of
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| | and distribution companies, it could have
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| crops as compared to a measly average of
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| | been possible to process these primary
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| about 11% for the rest of the world. It
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| | products into newer, secondary products
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| has some feathers in it's cap as the
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| | and resold to consumers locally and
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| second highest fruit and vegetable
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| | internationally. A strategy needs to be
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| producer in the world, 6th largest
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| | carved out for the growth of this
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| producer of fish and such like but still
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| | industry and a lot of investment action
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| doesn't make up to the top 10 food
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| | is yet to see some real action.
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| exporting countries.If it weren't for
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| | Investment in cold storage, cold chain
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| some severe infrastructure and technology
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| | distribution, installation of food
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| issues, there is actually stopping for
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| | processing plants across the country,
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| this gigantic food bowl. With large
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| | applied research on harvesting
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| tracts of arable land, inexpensive labour
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| | technologies an a rapid development of
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| and high-quality produce tumbling out of
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| | the food retail industry are all
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| the barns, there is a potential so huge
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| | necessary steps that would ensure an
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| that sometimes, the scope and scale is
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| | organic growth in this sector.
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| almost unbelievable.
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| | What is Cold Chain?
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| However, if one had to point out at one
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| | A cold chain is basically a logistics
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| single single reason as to why the Indian
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| | system, which helps in maintaining and
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| agricultural industry is such a laggard
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| | providing a series of facilities for
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| when pitted against the global standards,
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| | ensuring ideal storage conditions for the
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| it could be the pathetic state of the
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| | persihables from the point of origin to
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| logistics, distribution and and an
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| | the point of sale. A well developed and
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| inefficient supply chain. India faces an
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| | efficiently organized cold chain reduces
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| acute problem of large amounts of food
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| | wastage, spoilage and helps keeps the
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| wasted away due to the lack of a proper
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| | perishables intact thereby helping to
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| cold storage, cold chain and frozen food
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| | maintain the quality of the harvested
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| distribution system. If only this was in
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| | food products ultimately making the whole
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| place, huge amounts of food could have
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| | system cost effective to the farmers and
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| been processed into some kind of value
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| | that which ensures top-notch quality to
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| added foods and sold both locally and
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| | the end user.
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