PPT-Post-harvest Losses, Technology, and Value Addition

  Rosa Rolle Senior AgroIndustries and Postharvest Officer Forces that Currently Shape the Regions Rice PostProduction Sector Rising incomes and more demanding consumers Urbanization and changing diets. WHEAT: Post - harvest Operations Page 1 WHEAT: Post - harvest Operations Edited by AGSI/FAO: Danilo Mejia (Technical), Beverly Lewis (Language&Style) Organisation: Pakistan Agricultural Research Coun TURMERIC : Post - Production Management Organisation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), AGST Prepared by Anne Plotto. Edited by Fran YAMS: Post - Harvest Operation Organisation:Massey University, Private Bag 11 - 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand Author: Linus U. Opara Edited by AGST/FAO: Danilo Mej PHASEOLUS BEAN: Post - harvest Operations Organisation: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical ( CIAT ) www.cgiar.org/ciat Author: A.L. Jones Edited by AGSI/FAO: Danilo Mejia (Te chnical), Be in African Agriculture:. What We Now Know. Christopher . B. . Barrett. Cornell University. African Development Bank . workshop . on . Structural . Transformation in African Agriculture and . Rural Spaces . GINGER: Post - Production Management for Improved Marke t Access Organisation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), AGST Prepared by Anne Plotto. Edited by Fran an . I. nitiative at the . University of Illinois. R.S. Gates, Ph.D., P.E.. Ju. ly. . 16. , 2012. AGENDA. Future food security challenges . Several “views” of post-harvest loss . The ADM Institute and its contributions. Aflatoxin. Contamination of Crops. Dr. A.O. . Oyebanji. 08033908094;femcovc@yahoo.com. Nigerian Stored Products Research . Institute, Km 3, . Asa. -Dam Road, Ilorin. Increasing Nigeria’s Agricultural Self Reliance through Adequate Post Harvest Loss Prevention. CASSAVA: Post - harvest Operations Organisation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria ( http://www.cgiar.org/iita/ ) Author: Mpoko Bokanga Edited by AGSI/FAO: Dan Pitam. Chandra. Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering. Bhopal. . Oct. 05, 2013. FARMER. Agricultural Produce. . Self Consumption & Marketing. Storage, Processing & Trade. PLANTAIN: Post - harvest Operations Organisation: Centre de Recherches Regionales sur Bananiers et Plantains, Cameroon (CRBP) Author: J. Tchango Tchango, A.Biko Measuring grain losses on a farm. Provide guidance on the measurement of grain losses . on . a. farm. Present the different data collection and measurement techniques or methods to estimate grain losses. IN THE FIELDInordertopreventtheselossesinthefieldtheuseofhighqualityseedsfertilizationpesticidesusageandharvestingathighlevelqualityshouldbesupportedbesidesthecultivatingsoilwellThemostimportantpointi The inherent quality of produce can not be improved after harvest, only maintained for the expected window of time characteristic of the commodity. Part of successful postharvest handling is knowing what this window of opportunity is under your specific conditions of production, season, method of handling, and distance to market. As a general approach, the following practices can help to maintain quality:.