CLIMATIC WEATHER CHANGES ON FOOD COLD-CHAIN AND EVOLVING MITIGATING STRATEGY.

Abstract

Transportation of fresh raw produce is an unbroken handling of raw fruits within a low temperature conditions during the postharvest period of the value chain. This process involves the transporting of these fresh fruits until it reaches the final destination with un-altered shelf life. The environmental impact of preserving raw fruits remains a source of concerns amid deteriorating climatic weather conditions in most developing countries. In this study, attempts were made to x-ray the environmental impact of unbroken cold chain in the face of rising ambient temperature. Any slight increase in ambient temperature as a result of climatic change will have a negative impact on the current and developing cold-chain thereby increasing global CO₂ content. This short communication discusses key of the lapses fuelling excessive thermal load in cold chain and evolving mitigating strategy.