A training programme for farmers on protected cultivation for vegetable crops was organized by Centre of Excellence for Vegetables, Kartarpur on 12.1.2017. Dr BVC Mahajan, Director, Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre, PAU Ludhiana delivered a lecture on postharvest handling of vegetable crops. He discussed the importance of grading, packaging and storage for reducing the postharvest losses of horticultural perishables. He told the farmers to formulate self-help groups/cooperative societies and target different markets for the marketing of vegetable and fruit crops.