INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR FINANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MARKETING OF POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS

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Institutional support for finance, infrastructure
and marketing of post harvest management products
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POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY- IMPORTANCE AND ROLE
Introduction

• Value addition to food products has assumed vital
  importance in our country due to diversity in
  socio-economic conditions, industrial growth,
  urbanization and globalization.
• Importance of Post-harvest technology lies in the
  fact that it has the capability to meet food
  requirement of growing population by eliminating
  losses making more nutritive food items from raw
  commodities by proper processing and
  fortification.
• India, where 80 percent people live in the
  villages and 70 percent of them depend on
  agriculture has experienced that the process of
  industrialization has shifted the food, feed and
  fiber industries to urban areas.

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Institutional Financial assistance

• General conditions for Post Harvest
  Management/Post Primary Projects
• Primary Processing and Post-Harvest Management
  related projects shall be implemented either as
  on-farm projects linked with individual projects
  of area expansion of commercial horticulture or
  as a common facility for cluster of new projects
  of commercial horticulture and existing orchards
  / farms.

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• Benefit of exclusive components of cold
  storage scheme shall also be available to the
  promoters over and above the assistance that will
  be provided under Commercial Horticulture Scheme
• Projects relating to setting up of new production
  units shall be technically and financially
  appraised to ensure and enable entrepreneur to
  incorporate latest available technology
• Projects under this scheme component may be
  integrated as part of new Production Related
  projects or in integration with existing
  Production.

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S.NO Programme Estimate cost Proposed assistance
1. Pack houses Rs. 2.50 lakh/unit Credit linked back-ended subsidy _at_ 25 of the capital cost of project in general area and 33.33 in case of Hilly tribal Areas. 
 2. Cold storage units Rs. 2.00 crore/unit -do-
 3. C.A Storage Rs. 16.00 crore/unit -do-
  Ref. vans / containers Rs. 24.00 lakh/unit -do-
 4. Mobile Processing Units Rs. 24.00 lakh/unit -do-
 5. Market Intelligence Project based Project based
 6. Buy back intervention Project based Project based
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 7. Establishment of Marketing Infrastructure for horticultural produce in Govt./ Private/ Cooperative sector   Credit linked back-ended subsidy _at_ 25 of the capital cost of project in general case and 33.33 in the case of hilly and backward area.
  a) Wholesale markets upto Rs. 100.00 crores -do-
  b) Rural Markets/Apni Mandis/ Direct Markets Rs. 15.00 lakh -do-
  c) Functional Infrastructure for collection, grading etc. Rs. 15.00 lakh -do-
  d) Extension, quality awareness and market led extension activities for fresh processed products Project based 100 assistance
  Processing Value Addition   The MFPI will sanction projects on food processing out of their budget provision.
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Infrastructure Developmental Programs A project
on strengthening the postharvest infrastructure
for horticultural crops was initiated by the
National Horticulture Board in 198889.
This project provided assistance in the
establishment of grading/packing centers, retail
outlets, cool stores, the procurement of plastic
crates and transport vehicles.
Facilities were also provided to provide access
to market information, for the production of
fruit juice/fruit based beverages.
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• Postharvest Management Practices For Improving
  Marketing
• Controlled/Modified Atmospheric Storage/Packaging
  
• Containerization
• Cold/Cool Chain
• Freeze Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables

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Controlled/Modified Atmospheric Storage/Packaging

• Modified atmosphere (MA) storage essentially
  involves changing the normal atmospheric gas
  composition around a fruit or vegetable..
• In situations where this environmental change is
  strictly controlled with certain specific gaseous
  concentrations of N2 CO2 and O2, it is termed
  controlled atmosphere (CA).
• Modification of the atmospheric environment for
  the packaging and storage of fresh horticultural
  commodities, involves either a reduction in O2
  levels or an elevation of CO2 concentrations.
• Beneficial effects of CA and MA treatments
  include the retardation of ripening, senescence
  and physiological changes as well as the
  reduction of chilling injury.

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Containerization
Although containerization was recently
introduced into India, little use is made of
containers for the national distribution of fresh
horticultural produce. Potential, however,
exists for the design of low-cost containers
which employ ventilation and evaporative cooling.
Cold/Cool Chain The cold chain has
contributed tremendously to trade in fruits,
vegetables and flowers in developed countries.
Maintenance of low temperatures at different
stages through the cold chain, results in the
reduction of losses and retention of the quality
of horticultural produce.
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• Freeze Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables
• While conventionally dried fruits and vegetables
  lose their structural integrity and exhibit poor
  rehydration characteristics, freeze-dried or
  dehydrated fruits and vegetables retain their
  nascent texture and color and reconstitute fairly
  rapidly even in cold water owing to their porous
  structures.
• Freeze dehydration can be thought of as an up
  scaling on lyophilization, a technique which is
  widely used in pharmaceutical and
  biotechnological applications to dehydrate and
  thereby conserve and preserve certain
  pharmacological and biological materials.

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• Safety In The Postharvest Management Of Fruits
  And Vegetables
• 1) Regulation of specifications for
  foods, and
• 2) Regulation of hygienic conditions of
  processing and/or manufacturing.
• Some of these food safety regulations are
  mandatory while others are voluntary
• a) The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act
  (PFA) implemented by the Ministry of Health,
  outlines specifications for various food products
  and is mandatory.
• b) The Agriculture Produce (Grading
  Marking) Act implemented by the Ministry of Rural
  Development is voluntary. This particular act set
  forth the specifications for various agricultural
  commodities including some processed foods.

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• c) The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the
  largest body responsible for the creation of
  standards for various food products. BIS
  standards are voluntary.
• d) A number of quality control orders have been
  issued under the essential Commodities Act. These
  include the Food Product Order (FPO), Milk and
  Milk Products Order (MMPO).

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Centralization and Jurisdiction of Local Agencies
A number of food analysts and food inspectors
in India are mandated to assist consumers with
food poisoning or food contamination
concerns. Food Inspectors collect samples for
analysis by the public analyst and the local
(health) authority (LHA). In situations where
food samples are adulterated, the vendor,
manufacturer, distributor, or business is
prosecuted by the LHA.
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Let us sum up

• India has a good resource base, adequate
  research and development infrastructure and
  excellence in several areas of horticultural
  interest.
• The demand for horticultural produce in India is
  on the rise, owing to increasing populations,
  changing food habits, the nutritional value of
  horticultural crops and a greater emphasis on
  postharvest management, processing and value
  addition.
• Advantages of growth can be harnessed with well
  planned strategies, so as to ensure a positive
  future outlook.
• Food safety is of growing importance in food
  production, processing and marketing.
• Investment in food safety, while assuring
  risk-free ventures related to horticulture, will
  increase the cost of fresh produce and the
  processing of fruits and vegetables.
• Efforts geared toward improving production
  technologies for fruits and vegetables will
  become meaningful only if the effective
  postharvest technology is developed and wastage
  is reduced.

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