{"id":5926,"date":"2024-05-09T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/?post_type=problem_statements&#038;p=5926"},"modified":"2024-05-25T05:19:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T05:19:11","slug":"tomato-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"problem_statements","link":"https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/?problem_statements=tomato-harvesting","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5926\" class=\"elementor elementor-5926\" data-elementor-post-type=\"problem_statements\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d00faa2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d00faa2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f2c0f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f2c0f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d607c89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d607c89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tomato Harvesting<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499ae1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"499ae1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tThe extremes of tomato harvesting\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4cc98 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d4cc98\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b0a89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58b0a89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn 2021, the volume of tomato production was estimated to have reached 21 million metric tons. India is the second largest tomato producer in the world. Yet there is no organised tomato industry in India, and small farmers incur huge costs to harvest tomatoes, making almost no profit.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2152afc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2152afc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b9e544 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b9e544\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2a715d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c2a715d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s2-1-e1716198204275.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7283\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s2-1-e1716198204275.webp 1600w, https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s2-1-e1716198204275-300x107.webp 300w, https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s2-1-e1716198204275-1024x364.webp 1024w, https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s2-1-e1716198204275-768x273.webp 768w, https:\/\/selcowp.kavinsoft.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/s2-1-e1716198204275-1536x545.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5068593 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5068593\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6977edf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6977edf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f763559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f763559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;If I would have worked as a labor somewhere I would have earned a lot more than what I have earned through selling tomatoes.&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39bb5f4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39bb5f4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32edfff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32edfff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tomato farmers incur costs upto Rs 87,460, for input costs before sowing to maintenance of the plants throughout. However, they only earn revenue of about Rs 83,200, which leaves them with huge losses per farming cycle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d007ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d007ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d84f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51d84f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26fb3e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26fb3e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba21b59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba21b59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;We are able to get at least this yield because we use pesticides more. Otherwise we will be in losses.&#8221;\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58e26b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c58e26b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTomato harvesting is a long process, taking upto 90 days for a cycle, and the market has extreme fluctuations, which makes making a profit very difficult. 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Problem Statement:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db7ba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6db7ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow might we support tomato farmers to reduce their costs and gain control over the tomato value chain?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c25cf4 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c25cf4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41030e6 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"41030e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">High-cost enterprise<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M504 256c0 136.967-111.033 248-248 248S8 392.967 8 256 119.033 8 256 8s248 111.033 248 248zM227.314 387.314l184-184c6.248-6.248 6.248-16.379 0-22.627l-22.627-22.627c-6.248-6.249-16.379-6.249-22.628 0L216 308.118l-70.059-70.059c-6.248-6.248-16.379-6.248-22.628 0l-22.627 22.627c-6.248 6.248-6.248 16.379 0 22.627l104 104c6.249 6.249 16.379 6.249 22.628.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Environmental risks<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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