Wastage: FPCCI calls for reduction in post-harvest losses

KARACHI:

Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry Vice President Fehmida Jamali has urged the government to extend financial and technical support towards efforts aimed at controlling post-harvest losses of major crops, especially in the horticulture sector.

Addressing a delegation, she said in a competitive world, reducing post-harvest food losses is a major goal. “It’s time the federal government focused on bringing down wastage and losses in horticulture by stepping up food processing in the country, especially in Balochistan.”

According to Jamali, half of Pakistani food wastage is equal to the total food consumption of the UK. Pakistan’s food processing industry has the potential to uplift farmers and bring down inflation. 

Published in The Express Tribune, January 16^th, 2015.

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