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Post Harvest Technology of Vegetables

CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Repository

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Title Post Harvest Technology of Vegetables
 
Creator Kalia, Manoranjan
 
Subject 664.805 Specific Vegetables and Groups of Vegetables
 
Description With high volumes of vegetable production, potential of going in for off-season vegetables, accepting non-conventional vegetables, focus on increasing the processing from its mere two per cent share to higher proportion, value addition, use of biotechnological tools and emerging trends in the post WTO regimes-the Indian food industry has an urgent need for diversification and adaptation. The key focus of research and development aims at offering extensive knowledge base and technical services for innovative market sector. From post-harvest practices and processing to recipe development, packaging, consumer satisfaction, market assessment, storage, transport and distribution optimization, the publications like the present one can provide some support, particularly in the areas of:

Building cost effective food control systems. Improving procurement processes, Assuring remunerative prices to growers. Introducing in-field operations like precooling. Minimizing pre-and post-harvest losses. Improving operational efficiency. Improving storage, transportation and marketing through adoption of 'consortium' concept. Improving business performance. Improving nutritional status of masses particularly of vulnerable groups like children and women.

The book will be an essential reference hopefully, to all those concerned with the vegetable production, processing, marketing and nutrition of human beings.
 
Publisher Agrotech Publishing Academy
 
Date 2006
 
Type Book
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/1136/1/84589.pdf
Kalia, Manoranjan (2006) Post Harvest Technology of Vegetables. First Edition (K11P). Agrotech Publishing Academy, Udaipur, India. ISBN 81-8321-056-2