Many developing countries are still not well equipped with cold chain facilities. In this paper, a survey hasbeen conducted to map the current cold chains of inNepal. Most of the cold chain practices in Nepal arefound to be primitive or traditional. However, newer technologies and cold chain practices are introducedinto the market in the form of display freezer, deep freezer, etc. While the unreliable supply of electricity andunderdeveloped transportation are challenging, there is a potentially large market and several developmentpossibilities. NARC (Nepal Agricultural Research Council) has done several research on locally suitabletechnologies for food preservation, such as solar fish drying. It is recommended that goals of cold chaindevelopment should be set and more detailed studies and analysis of available technologies, introduction ofnewer technologies as well as innovation should be conducted.
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