ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The government is considering a proposal to make considerable “initial investment” in the creation of a chain of cold storages in conjunction with private sector parties willing to ...

I had a banner year for root crops this year, and storage is a problem. For the past few years I had been storing root crops in a spare fridge, or in an old 25-gallon crock with a plywood lid in my ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will build a P500-million cold storage facility for stockpiling vegetables and other high-value crops in Taguig City. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu ...

How do you store fresh-picked tomatoes? What about those heads of lettuce you just got on sale? Deep in gardening season, finding or growing fresh vegetables is easy. Still, improper storage can ...

The Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Gharaunda in Haryana has set up “Aagun” dryers for processing farm produce and “PronGO” cold storage boxes for storing and transport of farm produce at ...

ROURKELA: Even as Sundargarh has huge potential in cultivation of vegetables, it continues to be the victim of artificial shortage and price rise. Seven cold storage chambers with a combined capacity ...

HARIPUR: The fruit and vegetable cold storage project is incomplete even 14 years after the start of work here. Under the plans, a modern facility was to put up at the cost of Rs90 for collecting, ...

Subhash Rajta Shimla, June 12 Even as the production of vegetables is more than double of fruits in the state, there’s hardly any cold storage facility for vegetables. “When our vegetables hit the ...

KOCHI: With demand rising for Kerala vegetables in West Asian and European markets, exporters have urged the government to set up cold storage facilities and accredited testing laboratories near ...