- Dr. Roshni Yehuda was Head – Operations, MP Ensystems Advisory Pvt. Ltd. for the project on ‘Promoting Clean and Energy Efficient Cold-Chain in India’ in collaboration with Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, New Delhi and University of Birmingham, UK from July 2018 to March 2019.
Her responsibilities for the project included:
- Quality Assurance and Project Direction – primary point of contact with TNVP
- Provides overall guidance
- Leads on interactions with the government counterparts
- Responsible for reports and other reporting compliances
- Overall planning, task allocation and responsibility of deliverables
Background of the Project
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Around Rs. 92,000 crores worth of major agricultural produce (at 2014 wholesale prices) is lost in India every year (Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, 2016). The actual economic loss would be compounded if we consider retail price, hunger, farmer distress and farm loan wavers. While many factors contribute to post-harvest losses in India, one of the major causes is the lack of effective cold chains. Cleaner and more efficient cold chains can help address our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as ending poverty and hunger. They are also important in light of India’s climate commitments. But the lack of access to un-interrupted power and the low adoption of energy efficient and climate friendly technologies hinders the development of clean and efficient cold chains in India. Until now, the concept of clean cold-chains has largely been an alien one, and cold storage considered as a stand-alone infrastructure rather than a key component of agri-supply chain. Now, a disruptive paradigm shift is required to arrest post-harvest food loss in India through the effective network of cleaner and more energy efficient cold-chains.
Stakeholder workshops conducted as part of the project can be viewed here
