Horticulture produce: Efforts on to avoid annual wastage through cool chain system.

Byline: IQBAL MIRZA

Efforts are on to avoid approximately 30 percent annual wastage worth rupees 60 billion export-oriented horticulture produce of the country through cool chain system (CCS). The process of attracting local as well as foreign investments for the country-wide project of an integrated CCS worth 153.73 million dollars (Rs 13, 221 million) is currently in place, which would also ensure improvement in grading and enhancement of horticulture produce life.

Chief Executive Officer of Harvest Trading Pakistan, Ahmad Jawad told Business Recorder that horticulture sector which contributed about 12 percent to the national agricultural gross domestic product …