1) Agricultural markets in India generate large amounts of fruit and vegetable waste, estimated at over 7 lakh tonnes annually. 2) This waste is generated from the sorting, cleaning, and transportation processes in Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) which regulate agricultural markets across India. 3) This fruit and vegetable waste can be utilized to produce various food and industrial products like juices, vinegars, animal feed, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical ingredients, thereby providing economic and environmental benefits.

1. UTILIZATION OF APMC MARKET FRUITS
AND VEGETABLE WASTES FOR FOOD,
FEED AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Dr Jai Singh (ARS)
M Tech Ph D , IIT KGP
Former Director - icar - ciphet

2. FRUITS AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN
INDIA
Fruits = 97.4 MT (million tonnes)
Vegetables =187.36 MT
TOTAL = 284.76 (2018 – 19)
LOSSES (ESTIMATED)
Fruits and Vegetable Wastes = 40 %
Quantitative Losses (MT) = 113.9 MT

3. FRUITS AND VEGETABLE WASTES IN INDIA (Min of
Food Processing)
Fruits = 12 million tonnes / annum
Vegetables = 21 million tonnes / annum
Worth Rs13000/- crores ( Economictimes 2013)

4. MONTHLY ARRIVAL OF MAJOR FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES IN AZADPUR MANDI
DELHI (2018 – 19)
FRUITS =22.51 Lakh Tonnes (LT)
VEGETABLES = 21.84 Lakh Tonnes (LT)
DAILY ARRIVALS IN APMCs INDIA
(NHB -2015)
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES = 104
LAKH TONNES

5. WASTES GENERATED IN APMCs
FRUITS = 2.6% to 11.4 % (07 % average)
VEGETABLES = 3.15% to 12.6% (07.9 % average).
WASTES / ANNUM
FRUITS = 250282 TONNES
VEGETABLES = 519545 TONNES
TOTAL = 769827 TONNES
WASTES / DAY
2566 TONNES
COUNTRY BASIS F&V WASTES = 56 LAKH TONNES

6. REASONS FOR LOSSES --- BAD HANDLING
AND TRANSPORT PRACTICES

7. INSIDE VIEW OF APMC MANDI

9. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET
COMMITTEE (APMC)
(APMC) is a marketing board established by
State Govt
In India
2477 APMCs regulated markets.
4843 sub – market yards
FIRST
APMC IN
INDIA
AMRELI
1953

10. Functions of APMC :
To promote
in ambit (सीमा) of agricultural markets.
 To provide market led extension services to
farmers
 To keep an eye on pricing system and transactions
taking place in market in transparent manner.

11. APMC eNAM INTEGRATION
585 Agriculture Produce Market
Committee (APMC) markets have been
integrated with the electronic national
agricultural market (eNAM) in 16 States
& 2 UTs .
eNAM is an online trading platform for
agricultural commodities.

12. A VIEW OF SOME APMCs
AZADPUR GUWAHATI KOLKOTA BANGLURU

13. Kolhapur apmc

14. ANNUAL ARRIVAL OF FRESH FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES IN 11 APMCs (2010 – 11)
Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, jallandhar,
Kanpur, Guwahati, Ahmadabad,
Bangalore, Narwal , Jammu,
Simla, Kinnour.
FRESH FRUITS = 35 .75459 Lakh tonnes
FRESH VEGETABLES = 65. 76524 Lakh tonnes
TOTAL = 101.52 LAKH TONNES / ANNUM
GENERATING WASTES / YR = 7.7 LAKH TONNES
OR 2566 TONNES DAILY

15. TYPES OF FRUITS & VEGETABLE WASTES

16. WASTES IN APMC MARKET – a scene

17. Contd ----------WASTES IN APMC MARKET – a
scene.

18. MANUAL AND MECHANICAL SORTING OF FRUITS
AND VEGETABLE WASTES IN APMC YARD
SORTING
CONVEYOR
BELT

19. CLEANING AND WASHING OF F & V WASTES
MECHANI-
CAL
WASHING TANK,
WASHING DROM
WASHING BASKET

20. SHREDDING FRUITS AND VEGETABLE
WASTES
SHREDDING
MACHINE
SHREDDED
WASTE

21. MAGETIC
SEPARATION OF
METAL
COMPONENTS

22. ENSILING F & V WASTES FOR ANIMAL FEED IN
TRENCH SILO / PIT SILO / PLASTIC BAG SILOS
SILAGE FEEDING TO LIVESTOCK

23. Total F&VMW generated /
year in 11 APMCs (tones)
769827
Volume of F&VMW Generated
in 11 APMCs
384913.5 (cum) (769827
TONNES)
Weight of 11 APMCs F&VMW 121248 TONNES
cows can be fed year round
from 11 APMCs F&VMW
Silage
11227 NOS
Paddy straw usable for
ensiling 11 APMCs F&VMW
from area (ha)
3638 (Ha)
paddy farmers (2 ha holder)
benefitting by ensiling
1819 NOS
SAVE PADDY STRAW (PURALI)BURNING / ENVIRONMENT
POLLUTION

24. FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
FROM FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLE
MARKET WASTES
ONLY VERY FEW ARE SHOWN

25. S
N
PRODUCT IMAGES
1
CITRUS: 60%
waste
Peel: Candies.
Flavouring
material, dietary
fiber, feed,
antioxidants,
Powder ,Essential
oil, Citric acid, ,
Mosquito
repellent, pectin,
Seed: oil, powder,
feed
FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS FROM FRESH FRUITS
AND VEGETABLE MARKET WASTES AND BY PRODUCTS

26. Pine Apple:-
30 – 40 %
waste. Pectin,
Vinegar, candy,
sugar, wines,
animal
feed, decompos
able nursery
pots, bags,
Bromelain
enzyme ,

27. PEACH, PEER,
APRICOT :- 10 –
15 % Waste.
Vinegar,
cosmetics,
pharmaceutical
s (cancer
fighting)

28. MANGO:-
damaged fruits,
mango seeds, peels
and fibrous waste- 40-
50 %.
Peel- amchhor, jam,
jelly.
Stone: feed, baby
creams, suncare
balms, hair products,
and other moisturizing
products , oil Powder -
antioxidant, dietary
fiber, confectionery,
cosmetics,
pharmaceutical produ
cts moisturizer, soap,
oil, Oliv oil, butter,

29. PAPAYA:- 20 –
25 %. Waste
Peel -
peel powder, peel
paste, cosmetics
Green Fruit:
Papain, Pectin
Seed:
Powder

30. BANANA :- 80 %
wastes. Peel :
Pectin,feed,
cheese, pulp
Pseudostem: st
arch,
cellulose,feed
,pulp, bioactive
material for
preservation
Inflorescence: bio
color
Leaves: plates,
cups, cones,
boxes, writing
paper and

31. CAULIFLOWER
LEAVES
HEAD:- 40 to 60
%
thrown. Perfectly
edible Dried
roasted chips,
powder, salad,
biosorption of
heavy metals from
industry, nutrient
rich broccoli and
cauliflower pills;
Dehydrated leaves
powder used in
mathri and sev.

32. TOMATO:- Up
to 40 % are as
skin, pulp and
seeds. Products -
bio-based
lacquers coating
for metal
packaging; bio-
resin; varnish for
food-
contact; bioactive
constituents as
lycopene, beta-
carotene, glutamic
acid or aspartic
acid ; functional
ingredients, etc.

33. TRANSFORM WASTES INTO FOOD
AND OTHER COMMODITIES

34. Simpler technologies
attract and inspire youth
TRANSFORM WASTES
INTO FOOD AND OTHER
COMMODITIES