Study of Controlled Atmosphere Cold Storage

Major cold storages existing in India are all having 50 years old technology. These are basically refrigeration units with no or minimum control on hhumidity, let aside aatmosphere ccontrol ssystems. As a result the aapples stored in it gets non-crispy and freshness is gone, India is a ssecond llargest pproducer of ffruits&vvegetables in the world but there is great loss by spoiling them worth Rs 40000 crores every year. Invest in apples is not like in gold but put up in a controlled atmosphere cold storage (CACS) and it will earn gold, this only way to keep fruit and vegetable as farm fresh. Have you ever wondered how the apples&other fruits from Australia&China come to Indian market and still fresh and crispy? And we define the non-crispy (Bhus- Bhus) apples a "Cold Storage Apple".