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Introduction
Food Pipe Line refers to a post harvest system which deals with ensuring the delivery of a crop from the time and place of harvest to the time and place of consumption, with minimum loss, maximum efficiency and returns to all concerned including grower, processors and consumer. The term ‘system’ represents a dynamic, complex aggregate of locally interconnected functions or operations within a particular sphere of activity. While, the term pipeline refers to the functional succession of various operations but tends to ignore their complex interactions.
Stages of post harvest system The food commodities broadly undergo different stages/operations of post harvest systems right from harvest till consumption. 1. Harvesting 2. Threshing (food grains, pulses and oilseeds) 3. Drying (food grains, pulses and oilseeds) 4. Transportation and distribution 5. Storage 6. Processing a) Primary processing (washing/cleaning, sorting, grading, dehulling, pounding, grinding, packaging, soaking, winnowing, drying, sieving, whitening and milling) 7. Product evaluation (quality control, product standardization, standard recipes)b) Secondary Processing (mixing, cooking, drying, frying, moulding, cutting, extrusion product preparation) 8. Packaging (weighing, labeling, packing/sealing) 9. Marketing (publicity, selling, distribution) 10. Use (recipes elaboration, method of consumption, traditional dishes and new dishes) 11. Consumer preferences (Product-evaluation, consumer education) Food Pipe line While undergoing various unit operations of post harvest systems, the quality of produce is affected by action of various biotic and abiotic factors (Fig 2.1). Fig. 2.1: Food pipe line of agricultural and horticultural crops Post harvest losses in horticulture crops
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