Knowing the fact that the cold chain is one of the ways to decrease post-harvest losses, the Government of India recently gave the green light to establish 27 new cold chain projects. However, it is important to understand that cold storages are only a small portion of the required cold…

The term, supply chain refers to the many links that a product goes through on the way to a customer. The efficiency of that supply chain is a function of the amount of cost and effort to move the product, and how quickly the product needs to be moved. One…

Gramodaya Trust is one of the active FPOs in Andhra Pradesh. It was a great opportunity for us to get in touch with Mr. Srinivas Chekuri, chairman of Gramodaya Trust, and get in a candid conversation about the great works of his farmer partners. Gramodaya Trust has been one of…

IMPACT OF COVID -19 ON SHRIMP FARMING The cascading effect of the coronavirus pandemic had a striking impact on the marine sector of India. India ranks 2nd in both fisheries and aquaculture sector and contribute around 1% of India’s GDP. …

The frozen food market has gained immense popularity over the last few years owing to the changing food preferences among millennials. The active lifestyle of this generation demands easy to cook ready food that saves time while preserving the nutrient factor. This is where the frozen food market has created…

Fisheries in India is an important sector of food and nutritional security. More than nine million active fishermen depend on their catch for their livelihood. Very much like the agricultural sector, 80% of them are small scale fishermen. It employs over 14 million people and contributes to 1.1 percent of…

Today, we are living in unprecedented times where a virus has disrupted our supply chains, production, and trade. It has brought the world to a standstill. India Inc. too has stopped! At the stage where India counts for more than 20,000 people in the grip of disease and 650+ deaths…

COVID-19 crisis has brought economy on halt, reduced price of oil to -$40 per barrel (yes, that is negative, not a colon!), thrown global economy in disarray, and disrupted every human life. Are there lessons to be learned due to this pandemic? Yes. Farmers need to be educated about better…

Taking a cue from the LinkedIn post by our Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, the current pandemic and its consequent lockdown can also be seen as an opportunity and a platform for implementing ideas that have been thought of for a long time. Of the five major…