Summary

• Cold storage is a growing industry in ASEAN markets
• The gaps to close for wider adoption are skills and technologies.
• Key Recommendation: transition your narrative from farmers to “agripreneurs” to make the profession appealing to younger people.
• Strategy: Partner with farmer associations to inject up-skilling

The Global View from the UN

<aside> 💡 This 2022 report explores how food cold chain development can become more sustainable and makes a series of important recommendations. These include governments and other cold chain stakeholders collaborating to adopt a systems approach and develop National Cooling Action Plans

https://www.fao.org/3/cc0923en/cc0923en.pdf

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Regional Business Landscape

Paid Market Reports on Cold storage Agritech in ASEAN

<aside> 📈 Data Bridge Market Research reports that the Philippines cold-storage Warehouses market will grow at a CAGR of 9.4% from 2022 to 2029.

[🔗 LINK] — Source: Philippines Cold Storage Warehouse Market Size, Industry Scope, & Forecast - paid research

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Philippines

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“The Philippines cold chain market is expected to cross PHP 22 Bn in the future owing to rising domestic consumption of meat and seafood along with increasing government initiatives and investments in the sector”

The Philippines cold chain market is expected to cross PHP 22 Bn in the future owing to rising domestic consumption of meat and seafood along with increasing government initiatives and investments in the sector: Ken Research

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<aside> 📈 PHL cold storage capacity seen rising by 8%

The Cold Chain Association of the Philippines (CCAP) is optimistic that the nationwide cold storage capacity this year would grow to 650,000 MT from the current 600,000 MT.

PHL cold storage capacity seen rising by 8% | Jasper Y. Arcalas

Agriculture in the Philippines | Statista

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