Post Harvest technology of Vegetables

With high volumes of vegetable production, potential of going in for off-season vegetables, focus on increasing the processing from its mere creasing the processing from its mere two percent 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 adoption. 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.