POST HARVEST HANDLING SYSTEMS FOR VEGETABLES by Majeed Mohammed , Department of Crop Science Faculty of Agriculture , The University of the West Indies INTRODUCTION A post harvest handling system may be defined as the process that a ...

TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING DEVELOPMENT OF POST - HARVEST SYSTEM In the development of our integrated system , it was necessary for us to pay close attentation at the outset to the areas of Post - Harvest Handling and the Packaging Systems ...

... of irrigation and tillage equipment ; pests and diseases ; poor cultural practices ; poor post harvest handling . VEGETABLE PROJECT ACTIVITIES The strategy employed to improve the quantity and quality of locally produced vegetables ...

To increase foreign earnings of farmers . a ) b ) c ) - - certification of 25 organic grapefruit farms ; group formation ( Chapter of Organic Farmers ) ; To develop systems in post harvest handling and packaging to ascertain integrity ...

WORKING GROUP 5 : PROJECT PROFILE # 6 TITLE : DEFINITION OF UNDERLYING PROBLEM : Due to the high cost of production , postharvest losses , inadequate management , seasonality of raw materials and unorganized marketing , the production ...

He suggests the following as appropriate activities :- 3 - better crop rotation ; and more effective use of ... security health · · The national science and technology policy may influence research priorities :: post - harvest systems ...

Harvesting and Postharvest Systems for Caribbean Minor Exotics . In : Forde St. Claire ( ed . ) Proceedings of a CARDI / CTA Workshop on Marketability of the Caribbean Minor Exotics , Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago 19-24 October ...

V. Post - harvest Handling 5.1 Transportation from Field to Pack - house Containers are often nothing more than the commonly available utensils such as ... Vehicles are often the same as those used for vegetables and other crops .