date:Jun 20, 2023
ndividual cold storage and 70-90 per cent for the FPO. There is a facility like a cold room, for which the government extends a subsidy of Rs 525,000 on the project of Rs 1.5 million, said Madan Lal, District Horticulture Officer (DHO).
Despite this, farmers are reluctant to take advantage of the subsidy, as most of the farmers involved in vegetable farming are small or marginal. Farmers say the storage of their produce is a costly affair. I can store potato crop up to six months, but for that,