New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Last month, India and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations agreed to strengthen the country's Blue Port infrastructure. The objective is to enhance the technical capacities of fishing ports to address environmental, social and economic challenges that affect the aquatic value chain. Blue Ports are designed to integrate cold chains, processing hubs and efficient logistics systems aimed at reducing marine product losses.

Even though India's marine product output has risen exponentially over the past decade, it loses almost 9% of its produce. This has become a major policy concern, highlighting the urgent need to modernise supply chains and improve infrastructure so that fishers can earn mor...