Expected benefits

♤ Direct access to nationwide cold storage capacity created.

♤ Information to users and regulators on operational availability.

♤ Will promote linking and integrating activities of cold-chain assets.

♤ Will allow Farmer producer organizations to plan perishable movement across country.

♤ Will provide information to agriculture ministry on trade impact in cold-chain sector.

♤ Will empower government to plan viable public procurement mechanisms basis available cold-chain infrastructure.

♤ Will bring traceability to food supply chain in perishables sector.

♤ Will serve as space selling platform for asset owners.

♤ Will promote buy-sell transactions of perishable goods that are in transit in the chain.

♤ Will allow alignment of cold storages with marketing act by getting considered as transaction platforms, without the physical diversion of produce to non- cold-chain yards.

♤ Will add transparency to cold-chain development, to regional availability and about trade lanes for perishables.

♤ Will provide updated information on energy consumptions and its monitoring in cold-chain.

♤ Will allow for improved demand-supply gap analysis and guide future cold- chain development