date:Feb 03, 2021
entionally designed storage facilities. In 2020, approximately 15% of the stocks were stored in modern and equipped storage facilities as popularised by the National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF). The wastages are further aggravated due to adverse weather conditions like untimely rainfall and excess moisture.
Moreover, NAFED procures and stores onion mostly in three states- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. This concentration of stock storage in just three sta