Cold Chain #post-harvest loss#farmer income
Why addressing post-harvest loss as a farmer income problem reshapes cold chain supply chain strategy
India loses 74 million tonnes of food annually post-harvest. Framing this as a farmer income problem rather than just food security shifts focus from large cold chain infrastructure to localised solutions like micro cold storage and market information. For procurement and supply chain leaders, this highlights the need to design downstream resilience with the smallholder farmer in mind.
Jun 27, 2026 1 source