The Consumer Affairs Ministry, intent on tackling the sudden spike in the prices of tomatoes, is inviting innovative ideas for improving the production, processing, and storage of the commodity. "We will launch the Tomato Grand Challenge this week. We will invite innovative ideas, create prototypes, and then scale up as we did in the case of Onion," said Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh.
The Grand Challenge program aims to bring innovative, modular, and cost-effective solutions to develop 'technologies for pre-production; primary processing, post-harvest, storage and valorization of tomato' at the farm, rural and urban levels, he said. The purpose is to come out with a comprehensive strategic solution for reducing the loss while imparting value addition.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com