Though the production and productivity of fruits and vegetables quadrupled during the last three decades, the same has not been translated into comparable increases in the incomes of the cultivators.
Terms |
Meaning |
Pomology |
It deals with cultivation of fruit and nut crops |
Olericulture |
It deals with cultivation of herbaceous plants for the kitchen |
Floriculture |
It deals with production of flowers and ornamental plants |
Around 15-20 % of the fruits and vegetables in India are wasted along the supply chain or at consumer level.
Operation Greens, launched in 2018 by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, is a price fixation scheme to ensure farmers are given the right price for their produce. It has been implemented for the development of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) value chain.
The Codex Alimentarius or “Food Code” is a collection of standards, guidelines and codes of practice adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
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