Welcome to Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre (PHPTC)

Punjab Horticultural Postharvest technology Centre, Punjab Agricultural University campus, Ludhiana organized a training programme on postharvest management of fruits and vegetables for farmers of Jalandhar and Kapurthala districts. About 25 farmers attended the training programme. The farmers were given hands on training on different techniques involved in harvesting, precooling, grading, packaging, storage and marketing of perishable produce. The farmers were also made aware of food safety act, its guidelines and its ultimate importance for human health. Dr BVC Mahajan, Director of this Centre told that horticultural crops are highly perishable and are bound to spoil if not handled properly after harvest. The possible reason for these losses is the non availability of adequate postharvest infrastructure at farm and market level and lack of awareness about postharvest handling practices. Therefore, there is need to educate farmers and marketers for careful handling of valuable horticultural produce so that postharvest losses can be minimized. This will result in ample availability of quality produce to the consumers in domestic and distant markets. This centre is going to conduct 12 training programmes each of one day duration for farmers of Punjab during February-March 2017 with financial assistance from National Horticulture Mission. Dr Mahesh Kumar, Dr Ritu Tandon and Dr Swati Kapoor will conduct the training programmes.

Jalandhar and Kapurthala (14-02-2017)