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CII, MoFPI, agriculture ministry & NCCD organise 6th Cold Chain Summit
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Saturday, 29 October, 2016, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d At the sixth Cold Chain Summit, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in association with the ministry of food processing industries, the ministry of agriculture and the National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD), Harsimrat Kaur Badal, said a scheme for crop-specific infrastructure creation would be introduced shortly.
She added that the scheme would enable farmers to become entrepreneurs and start their own food processing or cold chain transportation ventures. Cold chain development would contribute to the target of doubling farmers’ incomes, reducing waste and strengthening the agri supply chains.
Badal stated that with foreign direct investment (FDI) in place, farm produce could be directly linked with retail outlets. She suggested that farmer producer organisations (FPOs) be created for crop-specific clusters for top agricultural and horticultural produce in the states. She asked CII to create a task force to link these FPOs to the industry.
S K Pattanayak, secretary, ministry of agriculture, said there should be more investments in the agriculture sector and highlighted the necessity for cold chains. He added that the government had several schemes for post-harvest management and development, including cold chains.
J P Meena, additional secretary, MoFPI, outlined the impact of the goods and service tax (GST) regime on the food sector and associated cold chain infrastructure. He urged the industry to adapt to the impending changing regime to maximise efficiencies.
T Nanda Kumar, former chairman, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and chairman, CII jury, Cold Chain Awards, called for the right infrastructural support to the food processing industry, which needs better quality raw material, both in terms of intrinsic quality and in terms of food safety. He also stressed on the need of business models which are purely not price arbitrage, but will give larger benefits to farmers and which will reduce wastage and increase turnover.
Pawanexh Kohli, chief executive officer and chief advisor, NCCD, emphasised the need to increase farmers’ opportunity to sell more and linking them to more markets.
Chandrajit Banerjee, director general, CII, said, “CII has been working on building a strong service portfolio in cold chain and will continue to engage in training and capacity-building activities, promote partnerships to strengthen the cold chain infrastructure in the country, and develop post- harvest management protocols as avenues for strengthening crop-specific cold chain infrastructure.”
CII Cold Chain Awards
The winners in the category of outstanding performance best practices in cold chain were Rewali Unit, Adani Agrifresh Ltd (large category) and Savla Foods and Cold Storage Pvt Ltd. (medium category).
The award for significant achievement in best practices in cold chain management was won by Barasat Unit, Keventer Agro Limited.
The award for outstanding performance in refrigeration transport (large category) to Coldrush Logistics Pvt Ltd.
The award for outstanding performance in refrigeration transport (medium category) to Rivigo Services Private Limited.
The award for significant achievement in emerging entrepreneur to Brring Integrated Logistics Pvt Ltd.
The Cold Chain Awards were initiated by CII in partnership with the NCCD. It recognised organisations for outstanding contributions in the field of cold chain management, including warehousing, logistics and policy systems and raised awareness with regard to sustainable success and competitiveness through best practices.
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