India is the leading producer of food in the world, but is faced with the problem of controlling post-harvest losses. Since India is one of the most promising and growing economies of the world, it has attracted many companies related to agri-business and food business. It is therefore imperative for the stakeholders investing in India to adopt the cold chain network practices successfully implemented by the developed countries across the globe.

The increasing demand for food is a global issue. Every nation is not only challenged to enhance its food production, but also to preserve and process the produce so that wastage is contained. The challenge for developing countries is even bigger as they have poor infrastructure and fragmented supply chains for farm produce.

In the recent past, the focus of stakeholders in developing countries has shifted from pre-harvest to post-harvest practices owing to alarming losses due to lack of pre-cooling stores, cold stores, processing facilities, inadequate transport and poor awareness amongst farmers. Thus, there is an urgent need to improve and integrate the cold chains—the supply chains for temperature-sensitive frozen food products like vegetables, fruits, milk products, meat and fish.

Supply Chain Management, Promising and Growing Economies, Stakeholders Investing, Poor Infrastructure and Fragmented,