Mega Food Storage Plan: Challenges and Way Ahead

  • A study by the 'National Academy of Agricultural Science' (NAAS) concludes that storage is the major cause of post-harvest losses of all kind of food in India.
  • At the regional level, only a few of our southern states have a storage capacity of 90% or higher. In Northern state like Uttar Pradesh in Bihar, it is below 50%.
  • The value of food losses (Agriculture, Horticulture, milk, Meat and Fish) turns out to be above Rs. 1,40,000 crore per year.
  • The Ministry of Cooperation has approved a network of integrated grain storage facilities through 'Primary Agriculture Credit Societies’ ....
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