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Post Harvest Losses of Agricultural Produce


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1 Department of Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, W.B., India
     

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Losses incurred at post-harvest are quite common and enormous leading to valuable food loss. At every stage of post-harvest practice, agricultural products are deprived from quality due to physical, chemical, biological and mechanical factors. In this article an overview has been presented on the major and common reasons for post-harvest food losses.

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Food, Loss, Post-harvest, Quality
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Subha Ganguly
Department of Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, W.B., India

Abstract


Losses incurred at post-harvest are quite common and enormous leading to valuable food loss. At every stage of post-harvest practice, agricultural products are deprived from quality due to physical, chemical, biological and mechanical factors. In this article an overview has been presented on the major and common reasons for post-harvest food losses.

Keywords


Food, Loss, Post-harvest, Quality