Fruits and vegetables have a future. This is what UN and India are doing for it | OPINION
India TodayThe United Nations in its 74th session recently declared 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables considering their importance as dietary essentials for consumers. A study conducted by the ICAR-Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering & Technology points out that in India for fruits and vegetables the post-harvest losses ranges from 4.58-15.88 per cent of the country's horticulture production. India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables with its share in world production at 11.38 per cent and 11.78 per cent respectively. Experts at the UN also opine that the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of short and inclusive fruit and vegetable value chains as a way to provide better market linkages for farmers. During the Covid-19 lockdown, the Government of India took a lot of initiatives to build short and inclusive value chains for fruits and vegetables.
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