A report titled Post Harvest Value Chain Management: A Study of Pomegranate in Karnataka was released against the backdrop of the 5th National Cold Chain Summit 2014: Enabling Innovations, Integration and Investments across the Food Value Chain organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) jointly with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD) on 15 October, 2014 at New Delhi.
The CII Jubilant Bhartia Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE) New Delhi with the support of the CII Task Force on Cold Chain Development has developed this report for the Government of Karnataka, to showcase a way forward for the post harvest value chain management of pomegranate. The Pomegranate fruit was chosen for Karnataka because of the potential to the state as well as country.
The report explores the various products market possibilities which amongst others includes Pomegranate extracts for use as cosmetics, food supplements, dietetic supplements and nutraceuticals etc. along with Value Chain Analysis including gaps in processes and post harvest infrastructure.