FAPH 304 — Introduction to Postharvest Technology and Crop Losses
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Meaning, brief history and importance of postharvest technology in Ghana and in the world, Population growth, global food situation and postharvest technology issues, Gender issues in postharvest technology, Types of stored food produce; perishable and durable products, National food security, assessment of regional variations and food balance sheet, Role of postharvest technology in the economic development of Ghana, Methods for increasing food supply e.g. increasing land under cultivation improving productivity, reducing losses etc, Components of the system (e.g. harvesting, Agriculture produce (from, varieties/breeds), Environmental factors (e.g. tropical region, temperature, relative humidity, moisture, gases, light), Pests and diseases, Storage structures, Processing and preservation conveying/transportation, Packaging; Post-harvest losses (definition, origin, nature and extent of losses); agents of losses; biological., microbiological chemical, physical, technical, genetic; detection and assessment of losses (importance of loss assessment, detection of external and hidden infestation, description of various detection methods, inspection procedures and frequency for bagged and bulk durable produce, description of loss assessment methods, simple and complex methods, their merits and demerits, description of equipment used to determine losses, sampling techniques used in loss assessment, demonstration of sampling techniques.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).