Cold-chain Logistics and Wholesale Markets
Why this theme matters
Reducing farm-produce losses and stabilising the “vegetable basket” supply requires public circulation infrastructure such as cold chains and wholesale markets.
Which institutions / websites to watch
Coop Cold Chain / Farm-produce Wholesale Market SystemUrban supply and marketing cooperatives
Which indicators or signals to track
- Coverage of the public-type cold-chain logistics network
- Pre-cooling and cold-storage facilities at production origins
- Farm-produce loss rates
- Wholesale-market throughput
Representative case
The public-type farm-produce cold-chain logistics construction programme; urban federations' “dual-use” large warehouses
International comparative perspective
Treating cold chain as a public function of the cooperatives, comparable with the logistics systems of agricultural cooperatives in Europe and the United States.