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 normal which impacts the yield and farmers face losses. In line with a Nabard research, 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 scale back losses on the farm stage, introduction of superior cooling know-how by an Israeli startup within the local weather and agri-tech area, Pure Offset Farming (NOF), may change the state of affairs 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 provide cooling power, offering a energy-efficient solution 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 is no such thing as a 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 large retailers like Large Basket and Reliance Contemporary.
“We’ve got 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 approach has been discovered to achieve success in mangoes, litches and flowers because it shifts CO2 from the emitters to the sphere, by addressing farmer’s cooling wants,” he added.
The corporate, which 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 carry it to larger markets like Delhi. When the farmers hold 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 rising the yield. The outcomes used for grapes in Nashik, Maharashtra has been equally encouraging. NOF is making its cooling system out there to the farmers at a modest value of `12,000. “We’ve got developed this cooling machine protecting in consideration Indian smallholders’ farmers,” Zakne added.
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