Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) HCM City(VNA) – The application of freezing and cooling technology in preserving foodand farm produce contributes to reducing wastefulness and losses as well as cuttingemission in food production, said David Appel, President of Carrier Transicold& Refrigeration Systems.
In a conference on global refrigeration supply, Appel said that the coolingand freezing technology also helps increase trade among countries.
He called for privateand public sectors as well as scientists to focus on seeking and implementingstrategic and practical measures to reduce food wastefulness in Vietnam and theSoutheast Asia.
Statistics showed thatonly 10 percent of foodstuff and farm produce in the world is preserved with coolingand freezing systems.
Meanwhile, JulienBrun, a French expert, said that as an agricultural country with a rapideconomic growth, Vietnam has faced food and agricultural product losses as wellas difficulties in logistics management for the refrigeration supply chain.
Vietnameseagricultural experts held that small production scale is the major reasonbehind food loss and wastefulness in Vietnam, along with high logistics cost atabout 21-25 percent of the GDP each year.
They stressed the needfor active engagement of all sides in researching and evaluating opportunitiesand solutions on the management of the supply system in order to overcomeagricultural product loss.
Nguyen Duc Loc,Director of the Vietnam Centre for Agricultural and Rural Policy and Strategy,said that the restructuring of the agricultural sector has focused on expandingproduction scale, developing the co-operative economy and strengthening chainconnectivity with the stronger engagement of the private sector.
The sector has alsoincreased the application of processing technology for higher value, he added.
The conference onglobal refrigeration supply 2018 was held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7.-VNA
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