Post-Harvest Practices of Ginger in Odisha, India-Present Status and Scope for Development

作者：Dash Sanjaya K^*; Dwivedy Suchismita; Pal Uma Sankar; Dawange Sandeep; Atibudhi H N

来源：AMA-Agricultural Mechanization in Asia Africa and Latin America, 2015, 46(4): 28-38.

Ginger is a major cash crop of the Odisha (earlier called Orissa) state of India, which is mainly grown in the tribal dominated districts. The lack of proper pre- and post-harvest management and absence of value chain have been causing huge losses to the farmers in these areas. The loss of ginger after harvest has been reported as high as 20-30 %. Thus, an initiative was taken up under the National Agricultural Innovation Project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research to improve the post-harvest management and strengthen the value chain of ginger. The different weak links were identified and some need based interventions were incorporated into the system with forward and backward linkage support so as to reduce wastage and to assure good remuneration to the farmers. This paper presents the status of the postharvest management of ginger in Odisha state of India to provide a guideline for future researchers and policy makers for the development of the system.

• 出版日期2015