Abstract
This chapter presents the current situation of food wastage around the globe by comparing developed and developing countries. The research further focuses on India, presenting the state of food wastage and briefly discussing cold storage facilities and problems faced by the cold chain sector. Sustainable off-grid solar cooling technology measures that can be used for cold storage are briefly described. Finally, the chapter discusses how solar cooling technology could be distributed across India to reduce food wastage and, consequently, how that would benefit society and the environment.
Abbreviations
- AFP:
-
Advanced flat plate collector
- AusAID:
-
Australian Agency for International Development
- CPC:
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Compound parabolic collector
- CSIRO:
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
- ETC:
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Evacuated tube collector
- FAO:
-
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- FPC:
-
Flat plate collector
- MOFPI:
-
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- PTC:
-
Parabolic trough concentrator
- TERI:
-
The Energy and Resource Institute
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Sraisth (2017). Solar-Driven Cold Storage Units to Reduce Food Waste. In: Sayigh, A. (eds) Mediterranean Green Buildings & Renewable Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30746-6_71
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