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India is the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. However, this abundance also brings along produce spoilage and wastage.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations says
40 percent of horticultural produce worth $8.3 billion is wasted every year due to inadequate logistical support, lack of refrigerated storage, supply chain bottlenecks, poor transport, and underdeveloped marketing channels.
This problem led
Bhagalpur-based agritech startup Saptkrishi in 2019 with his sister
Rashmi Jha, 20.
Sabjikothi or
Preservator, a low-cost, IoT-enabled chamber-cum-storage that can be used to extend the shelf life of horticultural produce from three days to 30 days. The