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Government Schemes to Mitigate Post-Harvest Losses in India
Context
MoFPI released findings from a 2022 NABCONS study assessing post-harvest losses across 54 agri-commodities in 15 agro-climatic zones during 2020–22.
Extent of Post-Harvest Losses (as per NABCONS 2022 Study):
- Cereals:89% – 5.92%
- Pulses:65% – 6.74%
- Fruits:02% – 15.05%
- Vegetables:87% – 11.61%
- Milk:87%, Meat: 2.34%, Marine Fisheries: 8.76%, Egg: 6.03%
- Losses largely due to inefficient harvesting, handling, storage, and transportation.
Key Government Schemes Addressing Post-Harvest Losses:
- MIDH (Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture): Promotes cold storages, ripening chambers, pack houses for horticultural produce.
- Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF): Offers medium/long-term debt financing for building warehousing, cold chains, processing units.
- Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI): Provides support for storage and market infrastructure development.
- e-NAM (National Agriculture Market): Digitally integrates markets; enhances price discovery and minimizes transit losses.
- 10,000 FPO Scheme: Encourages aggregation, processing, and collective marketing.
- PMKSY (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana): Since 2016–17, aims to reduce agri-waste through post-harvest and processing infrastructure.
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