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Develop feed and feed quality standards for cattle consistent with the breed and yield.
Food, Agriculture and processing Issues & Vision Action required immediately Up gradation of crop residues and other biodegradable wastes for use as cattle feed.
Development of highyield fodder seeds.
Create awareness about veterinary drugs and antibiotics.
Create awareness about hygiene standards for housing cattle.
Poor quality of milk Initiate innovative programmers processing leading to for training formers on hygienic higher losses is the present methods of collection of milk.
status this situation can be Ensure availability of funds for changed very rapidly. usage of bulk farm coolers / alternative technologies for longer life of raw milk.
Lack of availability of Fund research on use of non uninterrupted power in the conventional energy sources milk production / processing for primary processing.
belt is a major hindrance. Review use of the LP system as Technologies solutions are a preservation technique of raw milk.
immediately available.
Mediumterm Action: MILK Medium and longterm Programmer for up gradation of vision for cattle management quality of s.e.m.e.n and availability is to preferably treat them of proven bulls.
with care as they are the Design breeding policies according foundations of our wealth. to agroclimatic zones.
Development of transgenic animals.
Issues & Vision Action required immediately Examine use of Rumen bacteria for improved feed adsorption Lack of proper treatment Disseminate use of technology for of effluent leading to processing effluent into byproducts
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environmental hazards needs for smallscale industries.
urgent attention and in the medium term we can envision them to be pollutionfree.
Shortterm Action: FRUITS & VEGETABLES High level of postharvest Ensuring timely harvesting by losses of about 30 percent educating growers regarding is a great national loss and proper maturity indices for especially to the poor growers. harvesting.
This can be brought down Training and education to substantially.
farmers to promote use of proper postharvest treatment such as vapor heat treatment, surface coating etc., at farm level.
Integrated approach to Providing financial a.s.sistance to R&D promote Indian inst.i.tutes to initiate programmers for horticulture products is developing products with characteristics/ needed and can inaugurate quality suited for specific markets.
a major boom in the Educating the farmers and encouraging business.
them to grow these varieties by entering into buyback agreements, etc. (for fresh fruits and vegetables).
Food, Agriculture and Processing Issues & Vision Action required immediately Disseminate information about specific characteristics of products desired by consumers in the target markets for Indian industry (for fresh and processed products).
Mediumterm Action: FRUIT & VEGETABLES Low yield has to become Promote use of techniques such as a thing of the past. This is tissue culture, grafting ,etc at farm possible with continual level through effective extension technological inputs. programmers .
High level of harvest, post Development of road infrastructure.
Harvest losses to be brought to Financial a.s.sistance to cooperative acceptable levels in the and private inst.i.tutions to develop the medium term by using a cold chain infrastructure, CA/MA( multi p.r.o.nged approach. (controlled atmosphere / modified atmosphere) storage and transportation
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facilities.
Continue promoting the processing of Fruits and vegetables at farm level to Reduce wastage by educating the Farmers and providing desired Financial a.s.sistance.
Long term Action: FRUIT&VEGETABLES Nonavailability of good continue to provide financial support Quality raw material for to R&D inst.i.tutes to initiate Processing will become an programmers for Issue in the medium ISSUE&VISION ACTION REQUIRED.
IMMEDIATELY.
and long term as the food development of new varieties processing industry grows of fruits and vegetables with and consumers become characteristic suited for more discriminatory .It is processing and promoting possible to meet they're these varieties among farmers requirement by entering into buyback agreements, etc. It is possible to develop high quality Indian varieties if we focus on our efforts instead of relying on foreign companies.
Source: TIFAC vision reports on AgroFood processing.