Horticultural Officers Workshop was organized by PAU on 19th & 20th January, 2023 where PHPTC actively participated and displayed the technologies developed by the Centre. Dr. BVC Mahajan, Director, PHPTC described the technologies like designing of boxes for pear for retail & distant marketing (2 Kg, 4Kg and 10 Kg), shrink and cling packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh cut fruit production technology for papaya and guava, ethylene ripened banana fruits, value added micro processed pear products including Pear Bar, Pear Jam, Pear Nectar and Pear Candy. These technologies has been recommended and successfully adapted by the farmers, Farm produce organizations and mandis over the Punjab region. Ms. Shailender Kaur, IFS, Director of Horticulture, Punjab and Dr. S.S. Gosal, Vice Chancellor , PAU, Ludhiana graced the occasion and appreciated the efforts made by the centre for uplifting the status of farmers with respect to both fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. Regarding processed vegetables, Dr. Pooja, Mcirobiologist, PHPTC presented the technologies of fresh cut fruits production, value added Pear and Fig products, packaging boxes, dried vegetables such as bittergourd, onion and cauliflower, fenugreek that holds potential for increasing farmers income. During the discussion with Horticulture Officers, Dr. Pooja answer their queries regarding the described technologies.
