CII needs to anchor the development of "crop specific industry groups" These industry groups should be enrolled in the "research agenda setting panel" which sets the research objectives for each research station. CII has been playing an active role in identifying critical areas of development in the post harvest handling of fruits and vegetables. There is a need for CII to request the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to release funds NHM and NHB for development of awareness campaigns.
CII needs to anchor the development of "crop specific industry groups" These industry groups should be enrolled in the "research agenda setting panel" which sets the research objectives for each research station. CII has been playing an active role in identifying critical areas of development in the post harvest handling of fruits and vegetables. There is a need for CII to request the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to release funds NHM and NHB for development of awareness campaigns.
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CII needs to anchor the development of "crop specific industry groups" These industry groups should be enrolled in the "research agenda setting panel" which sets the research objectives for each research station. CII has been playing an active role in identifying critical areas of development in the post harvest handling of fruits and vegetables. There is a need for CII to request the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to release funds NHM and NHB for development of awareness campaigns.
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Facilitate Improvements in Pre-Harvest Efficiencies
• CII needs to anchor the development of “crop specific
industry groups” to represent the research requirements of each crop. These industry groups should be enrolled in the “research agenda setting panel” which sets the research objectives for each research station.
• There is a need for CII to become the platform for
interface between public research and private requirement. In this direction, CII should organize crop specific focus group discussions between national research institutes and private players who have strategic interest in the selected crop.
• CII should play the role of information provider by
collating and disseminating information on successful business models in Horticulture. This would support the objective of knowledge dissemination so as to strengthen the role of private industry in extension.
Facilitate Development of Post Harvest Infrastructure Facility
• CII has been playing an active role in identifying
critical areas of development in the post harvest handling of fruits and vegetables. The CII-Task Force on Cold Chain Development has submitted its first draft report on cold chain development to the Ministry of Agriculture. Such focused task forces are required to be developed for post harvest marketing infrastructure also.
• Flow of information among the stake holders of the
fruit and vegetable value chain is very limited. There is a need for CII to develop an action agenda to identify contexts and crops for developing information flow models and vertical integration models.
• Land allocation laws and power tariffs are two of the
major hurdles for development of post harvest handling facilities in India. There is a need for CII to communicate to the government the need to revise the land zoning laws and power tariffs to facilitate post harvest infrastructure development. Facilitate Fruit and Vegetable Retailing
• There is a need for CII to request the Ministry of Consumer Affairs
to release funds NHM and NHB for development of awareness campaigns regarding quality, safety and nutritional parameters of fruits and vegetables. • There is a need for CII to work towards development of an association of retailers, who would look into setting up of standards for fruits and vegetables in line with GSFI, BRC and others.
Facilitate Fruit and Vegetable Export
• There is a need to form a
task force on improving the exports from India. CII needs to play the lead role in developing an association of fruit and vegetable exports and identify thrust areas for development of exports.
• In association with the
ministry of commerce, CII needs to facilitate in the collation of marketing information for target export destinations. Information regarding seasonality windows, consumer preferences and specific requirements of retailers needs to be studied and published on a regular basis.