Original version

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

Business Daily

Factual: Money

The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Business Daily: How do you keep food cold?

Bulletins

How do you keep food cold?

26/03/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, How do you keep food cold?

Tackling the challenge of keeping food fresh in emerging economies

Small-scale farmers in India and Africa often face big losses because they can't keep their produce cold long enough to sell it. Does the answer lie in new, solar-powered tech?

Up to 40% of food in Africa and India is wasted because of a lack of what's called "the cold chain" - the infrastructure keeping food chilled and fresh, from farm to fork. 

Many small-scale farmers have no access to any kind of refrigeration, meaning they're losing income and wasting food that could otherwise be sold.

Devina Gupta meets the entrepreneur who is building pay-as-you-go solar powered cold rooms in India, and hears from farmers, traders and experts on how we can keep food cold as the population grows and the planet warms up.

(Picture: A farmer carries a crate of mangoes from an orchard on the outskirts of Bangalore. Credit: Getty Images)

Presenter: Devina Gupta
Producer: Lexy O'Connor

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Business Daily

How do you keep food cold?

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

About BBC World Service