Cold Chain

Infrastructure in
India For Food
Security
S.R.SWAMINATHAN
S.SIYAMALAN
TNAU
 Introduction
• India is the world’s second
largest producer of food

• Agriculture sector contributes

24% of our GDP.

• Annual agricultural produce

wasted is 30-35% of the
production (40 million tones
worth 50,000 Crores)
 • 2nd Green Revolution –
prevention of Agri. Wastage
through processing &
preservation.

• Major constraints
– post harvest handling
– poor infrastructure,
– unavailability of cold storages,
– poor transportation
a COLD CHAIN is the need of the
 Cold chain concept

A Cold Chain is a system

which provides a series of
facilities for maintaining
ideal storage conditions for
perishables from the point
of origin to the point of
consumption
 Cold Chain

Farm Pack house

Cold storage

Retail outlets Reefer van

 PACK HOUSE WITH COLD STORAGE

FARM PRECOOLING WASHING & DRYING

SORTING AND GRADING

COLD STORAGE PACKING

 Benefits of a Cold Chain
 Minimizes post-harvest
spoilage

 Extends shelf life e.g.

fruits, vegetables and
flowers

Safeguards potency e.g.

vaccines

Retains quality e.g. Ice

cream

Prevents decay e.g.

Frozen food
 Market scope
• Indian retail
industries -
about US $ 336
billion, accounts
for nearly 37 %
of India’s GDP.

• 8th largest
retail market in
the world.

• The GDP is
projected to grow
by around 40 % in
 Incentives
Organisation Financial Assistance
providing subsidy
MOFPI (Tenth Five 25% of the cost of P&M,
Year Plan ) common ceiling of Rs. 75
MOFPI (proposed 11 lakhs
50% of the cost of P&M,
th Year Plan ) common ceiling of Rs. 10
National crores
25% of the cost of
Horticultural project, common ceiling
Board
exempt excise duty of Rs.chain
cold 50 lakhs
refrigeration
- equipment
Cold chain covering Dindigul,
Theni and Madurai

• 6 collection
centers with
pre-cooling
unit.
Cold • 3 refeer vans
storage
• 200 MT pack
house
• 3000 MT cold
storage
 Cold Storage with Pack House

25 m 10 m 10m

10 m
Cold Room Cold Room V Cold Room
IV VI Pre CoolingRipening
Capacity Chamber
Chamber
30 m

Capacity 500 MT Capacity

Unloading
500 MT 500 MT

Ante Room
Packing and

18 m
Grading Hall
5 m

Office
Packaging
materials
10 m
Cold Room Cold Room Cold Room I 5 m
III II
30 m

Capacity 500 Loading

Capacity Capacity MT
500 MT 500 MT

75 m
 Financials

Means of Finance (Rs. in Lakhs)

Share Capital 130.00

Venture Capital 30.00
Capital Subsidy
Term loan from 50.00
Bank 320.00
Total 530.00
 Conclusion

Cold chain - increases shelf life &

Reduces wastage,

Avoids glut in the market & difference in

price range.

Retail Boom

•A group of 3 - 4 farmers can set up these

pack houses with minimum investment
Links Farmers To
This will provide employment also in
rural areas Superstores