DCP2203 Post Harvest Management and Value Addition

The students are exposed to principles and relevance of post-harvest management in agricultural production. The course will impart skills and knowledge in harvesting and postharvest technologies that ensure minimum qualitative and quantitative losses.

Course objective   

• To explain simple methods of post-harvest handling practices
• To describe the different crop losses, their causes and reduction
• To describe the  appropriate crop storage structures and methods
• To understand  primary and secondary processing and preservation of various  foods.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the students should be able to: 

• Explain simple methods of harvesting and post-harvest handling farm produce
• Describe the different crop losses, their causes and reduction
• Describe and design  the different  appropriate crop storage structures and methods
• To describe how to process and preserve  various food types
• To describe the different  appropriate crop storage structures and methods
• Appreciation the importance of postharvest management in agriculture