nowadays food security is a major reason for our IndiaFood preservation,storage, and transport, including timely delivery to consumers, areimportanttofoodsecurity, especially for the majority of people throughout the world who rely on others to produce theirfood.Foodisstoredby almost every human society and by many animals

Three public sector agencies are involved in building large-scale storage and warehousing capacities in the country. These are theFood Corporation of India (FCI)- External website that opens in a new window,Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC)- External website that opens in a new windowand 17 State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs). While the FCI uses its warehouses mainly for storing food grains, the storage capacities with CWC and SWCs are used for the storage of food grains as well as other items. Here is a list of thestorage capacity available with different states(External website that opens in a new window).

Uses of Warehouses:

Scientific storage of produce from the vagaries of weather, rodents, insects and pests. They prevent quality and quantity losses.

Meeting the financial needs of people who store the produce by providing value for the goods stored.

Regulating price levels by regulating the supply of goods in the markets. More goods from the buffer are released when supplies are less and less is released when supplies are more in the markets.

Offering market intelligence in the form of price, supply and demand information so that market users may develop selling and buying strategies.

it can increase the quality of our crops and our farmers can get a good amount for that