date:Feb 03, 2021
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) has created a buffer stock of 99,000 tons of onion as of November 2020 to meet the demand until the next harvest. However, it expects 25.2% or 25,000 tons to get damaged before they can be distributed.
NAFED stores its buffer stock of onion using traditional methods, as opposed to cold storage, leading to wastage. As per the data, every year almost 100 per cent of the stock procured is stored in traditional and conv