This paper examines the factors that impact the quality of tomatoes during the transportation through the supply chain. This is motivated by the criticality transportation in north India region. Primary data was collected through a survey using a questionnaire with responses from 140...

Purpose: This study explores the factors that impact the quality of fresh produce in the transportation phase of the supply chain and the mitigation framework for improving the quality to curb the losses. Design/methodology/approach: This study aimed for an exploratory analysis using both...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors and most significant reasons leading to supply chain inefficiency with respect to high cost, high lead time and poor quality at wholesale stage of mango supply chain in India, and also to find out the measures which may be taken to...

As Indian economy is based on agriculture, development of cold chain infrastructure will play a crucial role in reducing the losses and wastages, increasing the farmer income, generating employment opportunities for the local people, and improving the livelihood of the farmers which leads to...