Aug. 22, 2014 - 22 aug 2014 - Mumbai, India :.The Dadar Vegetable Market at Mumbai.India, the world's largest producer of milk and the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables, is also one of the biggest food wasters in the world - wasting 440 billion rupees worth of fruits, vegetables, and grains every year, according to Emerson Climate Technologies India, part of Emerson, a US-based manufacturing and technology company. Cold storage solutions, which are severely lacking in India, are needed to reduce spoilage, experts say.In India as much as 40 per cent of fresh produce is wast
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Aug. 22, 2014 - 22 aug 2014 - Mumbai , India :.The Dadar Vegetable Market at Mumbai...India, the worldÕs largest producer of milk and the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables, is also one of the biggest food wasters in the world - wasting 440 billion rupees worth of fruits, vegetables, and grains every year, according to Emerson Climate Technologies India, part of Emerson, a US-based manufacturing and technology company. Cold storage solutions, which are severely lacking in India, are needed to reduce spoilage, experts say..In India as much as 40 per cent of fresh produce is wasted each year before reaching the countryÕs households. Because of lack of facilities in transporting, handling and meager Cold storage facilities. India urgently needs to tackle its excessive wastage of fresh food amid high inflation in the country and growing concerns about food security. Challenges with transporting and storing food are the main factors which lead to spoilage and loss of food in India, home to one in three of the worldÕs poorest people, according to the World Bank. (Credit Image: © Subhash Sharma/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com)