Regardless of India being one of many largest producers of paddy, wheat, oilseeds, milk, fish, fruit and veggies, post-harvest losses of those produce stay excessive over the worldwide commonplace which impacts the yield and farmers face losses. In response to a Nabard examine, in 2022, the losses after harvesting of the greens until it reaches shoppers are estimated within the vary of 4.87%-11.61% and that of fruits is within the vary of 6.02%-15.05%. Though there are a number of measures being taken to cut back losses on the farm degree, introduction of superior cooling know-how by an Israeli startup within the local weather and agri-tech house, Pure Offset Farming (NOF), might change the situation in coming years.
NOF’s patented know-how utilises liquid C02 and offers a ‘cooling-as-service’, multiple-use worth mannequin for farmers. “NOFcooling is a patented cooling system that utilises CO2 in its liquid state to supply cooling vitality, offering a energy-efficient approach to cool any medium in precision agriculture. The gear has a therapy capability of 500 kg, 200 kg or 100 kg of fruit and veggies. There isn’t any reliance on electrical energy for its operation,” stated Yoni Ben Zaken, the co-founder and chief enterprise growth officer at NOF. The corporate has acquired queries for its cooling know-how from massive retailers like Massive Basket and Reliance Recent.
“We have now launched this cooling know-how in Maharashtra with cucumbers, strawberries and grapes. We’re additionally working with farmers in Haryana, primarily with greens and mushrooms. The cooling method has been discovered to achieve success in mangoes, litches and flowers because it shifts CO2 from the emitters to the sector, by addressing farmer’s cooling wants,” he added.
The corporate, which just lately demonstrated the NOF cooling know-how in Bihar for litchi fruit, has additionally engaged with Mom Dairy on enhancing the shelf-life of apricot from Leh. The fruit has solely three days of shelf life which isn’t sufficient to deliver it to larger markets like Delhi. When the farmers maintain their harvest contained in the NOF system for a pair hours for therapy, CO2 liquid therapy reduces pathogens and micro organism to develop within the fruit and veggies thus enhancing the shelf life.
NOF officers claimed that the shelf lifetime of strawberries in Satara district in Maharashtra elevated from 2-3 days to 7-8 days thus successfully growing the yield. The outcomes used for grapes in Nashik, Maharashtra has been equally encouraging. NOF is making its cooling system obtainable to the farmers at a modest value of `12,000. “We have now developed this cooling machine protecting in consideration Indian smallholders’ farmers,” Zakne added.
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