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Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre Punjab Agricultural University Campus Ludhiana - 141 004 (INDIA)

Subject: Short Training Course on "Advances in Postharvest Management and Marketing of Horticultural Crops"

The Center has designed a short capsule training course on "Advances in Postharvest Management and Marketing of Horticultural crops" for Research and Extension specialists, Academic Professionals, entrepreneurs, horticulture officers and students interested in current advances in the postharvest technology of horticultural crops etc.

The duration of training course is 5 days which includes lectures, hands-on-training, demonstrations on broad spectrum of postharvest topics and visit to commercial packhouses/industries. The training fee for attending this training course is Rs 10,000/- for 5 days inclusive of boarding & lodging, refreshment, meal, visit to packhouses/industries, literature kit etc.

This capsule training course will include different aspects like postharvest physiology and technology of horticultural produce, harvesting tools and machinery, packhouse operations, precooling, grading, waxing, packaging, shelf life extension, storage techniques, ripening technologies, FASSI guidelines, HACCP and food safety for horticultural crops, advances in processing of produce, energy conservation during storage, transport systems, destination handling and marketing of horticultural crops, laboratory techniques for analysis of food samples contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals, export procedure and policies for horticultural produce.

The training course will upgrade the skill and knowledge of individuals in the area of postharvest biology, technology and infrastructure development of horticultural crops.

The interested candidates can contact the office of Director, Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Center for further information. The details of course content is enclosed.

Director
Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre

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Short Training Course on
Advances in Postharvest Management and Marketing of Horticultural Crops
For Research and Extension specialists, Academic Professionals, Entrepreneurs, Horticulture Officers and Students

Training Schedule

1st day	Title of topic
9.00-10.00 am	Registration and orientation
10.00-11.00 am	An overview of postharvest physiology and technology of horticultural produce.
11.00-11.15 am	Tea break
11.15-12.15 am	Maturity and harvesting of horticulture produce
12.15-1.15 pm	Pre-cooling of horticultural produce
1.15-2.15 pm	Lunch break
2.15-3.15 pm	Layout of packhouse and packhouse operation
3.15-5.00 pm	Practical Judging maturity by different methods, harvesting tools/pre-cooling Objective measurement of colour, texture and dry matter etc.
2nd day
9.00-10.00 amm	Postharvest treatments for shelf life extension.
10.00-11.00 am	Packaging for domestic and export of horticultural crops
11.00-11.15 am	Tea break
11.15-12.15 am	HACCP and food safety for horticultural crops
12.15-1.15 pm	Storage requirements of horticulture produce
1.15-2.15 pm	Lunch break
2.15-3.15 pm	Hands-on-training on packaging of horticultural produce
3.15-5.00 pm	Practical Visit to Quality Control Laboratory. Demonstration of GC, GCMS, AAS etc. for estimation of Toxic contaminants in foods.
3rd day
9.00-10.00 am	Ripening technology for horticultural crops
10.00-11.00 am	Transport systems, destination handling and marketing of horticultural crops
11.00-11.15 am	Tea break
11.15-12.15 am	Export procedure and policies for horticultural produce
12.15-1.15 pm	Commercial technologies for processing of fruits and vegetables
1.15-2.15 pm	Lunch break
2.15-3.15 pm	Demonstration of ripening and processing technologies
3.15-5.00 pm
4th day	Visit to postharvest industries and pack houses progressive farmers
5th day
9.00-10.00 am	Postharvest handling of flowers
10.00-11.00 am	Pesticide residue and heavy metal toxicity in horticultural produce ---Export requirement
11.00-11.15 am	Tea break
11.15-12.15 am	Energy use in postharvest technology procedures
12.15-1.15 pm	Quality evaluation techniques
1.15-2.15 pm	Lunch break
2.15-3.15 pm	Visit to incubation Center of Deptt of Food Science and Technology and labs of Processing & Food engineering
3.15-5.00 pm	Discussion/Feed back and Conclusion