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Carbon emission and climate change impact agriculture and food value chain
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Saturday, 10 December, 2022, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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CII’s Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE) organised a National Post-Harvest & Logistics Summit recently with the theme “Sustainably mitigating food loss and climate change.” The summit was followed by the 7th CII Cold Chain Award Ceremony.
The summit was the significant forum to discuss innovations, business models and best practices adopted by organisations to mitigate food loss and minimise impact on environment. Three technical sessions were covered during the summit. First session was Spotlight on the Global Best Practices to mitigate climate change in which the session aimed at bringing to light the mitigation strategies for developing countries, to make transformational shifts to address climate change. The second session was Achieving net zero carbon emission by 2070 in which it aimed at bringing to light the necessary strategies that support organisations on their journey to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emission for a Net Zero Future. The third session was Climate-smart Post-harvest Innovations in which the session aimed towards catalysing science-based policy action on sustainable post-harvest innovation with International Researchers and Stakeholders sharing perspectives from crucial issues such as climate change and its impact on cold chain markets to sharing experiences on adaptation in the region and dialogues on nature-based solutions to prevent post-harvest losses globally in India.
To create a seamless cold chain logistics, an industry led Cold Chain Logistics Resource Centre (CCLRC) is set up under CII’s Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence in 2021.The CCLRC is supported by international agencies such as GIZ and UNEP and aligned to international priorities such as the Sustainable Development Goals and Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
The day saw the launch of Commodity Specific Post-Harvest Protocols for fruits & vegetables, Frozen Products and Logistic Protocols, developed under the aegis of the CCLRC.
Going forward, the CCLRC will continue working towards promoting green technologies, piloting community cooling solutions and build the capacity of the sector in India.
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