Agricultural engineers today are required to provide technology for increasing crop production and for reducing post harvest losses and value additions through processing of produce.
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CIMAP has released several varieties of the MAPs, their complete agro-technology and post harvest packages which have revolutionised MAPs cultivation and business scenario of the country.
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The KVK has an Administrative building measuring with facilities for Soil & Water testing, Phyto diagnostic, Post Harvest Technology Laboratory and an Agricultural Technology Information Centre.
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At the time of upgrading the mandates of the institute were also changed and the research focussed on identifying post harvest processing and preservation technology for paddy.
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She said the flower export industry was now hampered by the lack of post harvest grading, proper packing and coldroom facilities with suitable temperatures at the airport.
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Considering the vital importance of strengthening R & D efforts in the post harvest processing of foods, MoPFI strengthened and upgraded the PPRC as a National Level Institute.
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Yet the lack of post harvest facilities such as food preservation, packaging, and storage creates severe problems for Mindanao farmers, particularly because almost all of Mindanao's agricultural products are highly perishable.
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Fruits and vegetables are liable to have microbiological contamination, such as with the bacteria of Escherichia coli O157 : H7, Salmonella enteritidis and Listeria monocytogenes, perhaps due to a post harvest mishandling.
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With a " P . expansum " infection, initial infected spots appear post harvest while fruit is in storage, and a sharp visible contrast can be seen between diseased and healthy tissue.
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Crown rot in asparagus was first reported in California in 1938 when Californian growers began to report a slimy, orange-yellow asparagus tissue with soft lesions causing post harvest losses of 20 30 %.
