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Mr. vanshaj kaul
Organization:
National Centre for cold-chain Development, Ministry Of Agriculture
Country:
India
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I am currently working in the field of cold chain, in a think tank to the Government of India. Major area of operations include increasing farmers connectivity to multiple markets and reduction of post harvest losses.
Mr. vanshaj kaul
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1. As has been noticed in some of the moderately developed countries the potential of achieving food security is often constrained by supply chain inefficiencies and huge post harvest losses. The rural urban supply chain is not only important for food security but a major source of primary income in most agri based economies. Sustainable supply of Agri commodities especially highly perishables is essential for fragile economies to tackle rice rise and food security at the same time.
2. Effort should be made and policy should be designed to promote integration of production, collection and processing centres.
3. Efforts should be made to increase the gainful productivity of agriculture, making sure that most that is produced recahed markets. Liberal trade regimes which allow free trade of agriculture within a countries boundries would ensure multiple market access to farmers, who in a developing economy are invariably the targets of food secuity measures.
4. Incentives should be provided in terms of tax exemption and technological access to entrepreneurs who invest in businesses affecting food loss reduction.
5. International co-operation with countries like India who have experience in develping and promoting food security programs. This would help promote investements and access to better technology through technolgy transfer.
6. Liberal foreign investment regime for investment in post harvest should be promoted, and exports incentivised.
7. Focussing on capacity and skill building initiatives to promote best practices to ensure better employembility of worksforce with an aim to reduce burden on incresing production for food security, providing secondary means of income as well as opening entrepreneureal avenues in agriculture for skilled manpower.
8. Nutritional security can be achieved by soil erjuvenation and monitored by programs like soil health cards, promoting organic farming can also be promoted all as has been evident in India's case.
9. Farmers must be promoted to operate as an organisation, the govt may find it useful to promote framers to form and Farmer Producer Organisation, and allow the organisation to work ina professional manner. Such of FPO's may be studied in case of India. In an organisational modeof working small and marginal farmers have better access to trade, international funding opportunities and technology.
10. Both Productivity and increased market access can be achieved when framers work cohesively under an organisational banner, this also cuts short the governemnts role and work.
Ваншай Каул
Натиональный центр по развитию хлодильной цепочки, Министерство сельского хозяйства, Индия