Horti-Business Management (2+0)

Farm operations

• The greatest amount of attention that needs to be paid is to the observance of hygienic and sanitary practices in various farm operations. Inadequate consideration given to potential hazards at the farm level is often responsible for making subsequent correction of the problems unnecessarily expensive or in some cases rendering them insoluble.
  
• Some of the typical problems and the foods in which they are encountered are pesticide residues in fruits, vegetable, egg and milk; pathogens in fruits, vegetables, spices, poultry and sea food; insects in fruits, vegetables, spices; high microbial load in most fresh produce, milk, meat and poultry; mycotoxins in cereals, oilseeds and milk.
  
• Almost all these problems can be effectively overcome by adherence to farm practices.