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Product diversification in plantation crops

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Title Product diversification in plantation crops
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Creator Manikantan, M.R.
Chowdappa, P.
 
Subject Product diversification
 
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Coconut, arecanut and cocoa are considered to be the major
segment of the plantation crops and the mainstay of agrarian economies in
many states and union territories of India. The products and by-products
of these crops form vital inputs for many of the industries and support the
livelihood of many millions. They contribute a significant amount to the
national exchequer and country’s exports by way of excise and export
earnings. They also provide direct and indirect employment to a large
number of people in the country. Coconut and arecanut provides adequate
interspaces for intercropping of seasonal crops and thus ensures the food
security to a great extent. The potential of converting coconut into different
emerging value added products such as desiccated coconut powder, virgin
coconut oil, coconut chips, coconut milk, preserved tender nut water,
coconut inflorescence sap and coconut sugar is realized in view of
globalization over the traditional processed products of copra and coconut
oil. Similarly, there is a scope for exploitation of alkaloid free polyphenols
from arecanut to use in pharmaceutical products and natural colouring
matter apart from the regular use of chewing and other by-products such
as husk, leaf and sheath. The cocoa industry in the country had expanded
to a considerable extent in recent years. Considering the market growth in
the chocolate segment in India, which is about 20% per annum, cocoa, has
a great potential to develop in future years. The demand for various value
added products has been increasing across the globe. Adding value to farm
products becomes vital for rural growth by enhancing farm income and
providing employment in the processing businesses. India has tremendous
potential for the production and marketing of value added products both in
the domestic and international market. Nevertheless, in India, these crops
have been continuously facing the problem of lack of adequate on-farm
processing infrastructure, inadequate value addition technologies and price
volatility, and are in great need of modernization, processing and value
addition. This book reviews the status of present and emerging novel post
harvest processing and value addition technologies to enable these crops
to meet both domestic and international challenges of cost of production,
processing and value addition.
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Date 2018-11-24T07:58:01Z
2018-11-24T07:58:01Z
2018-01-01
 
Type Book
 
Identifier Not Available
8170196077
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/13070
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Today and Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New Delhi