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Wrong packaging solutions costing farmers up to 20 per cent in losses

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Shree Krishana Overseas chairman Sonvir Singh (left) shows packaging samples to Foxriver Group Of Farms Managing Director Spenser Emmanuel at the International Floriculture Trade Expo. [File, Standard]

Farmers are losing up to 20 per cent of their produce during transit between farms, warehouses, and customers due to improper packaging, say industry players.

These post-harvest losses result from farmers and exporters not using the right packaging solutions during the farm-to-fork transit.

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