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Eight Asian countries have stepped up their joint efforts to improve technology involving the post-harvest management of agricultural goods.
On June 3, the Rural Development Administration opened the Asia Postharvest Research Center (APHRC) at its National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science in Wanju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province).
The newly-opened center aims to reduce post-harvest crop losses to 15 to 40 percent, from the current range of 20 to 50 percent. At the center, representatives involved in the agricultural industry from the eight Asian countries -- Korea, the Philippines, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Laos and Cambodia -- will carry out a number of projects, such as conducting joint research, training researchers and publishing technical reference books.
The experts will work together on the publication of guidebooks designed to help both producers and distributors in the business get a better understanding of the technologies required in the process. They will help contribute to cutting down agricultural losses, supplying fresh produce and improving post-harvest technologies, as well.
The center will invite researchers from agricultural research bodies from the respective countries to its long-term and short-term training programs. This year, four researchers from Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines will undergo a year-long training program at the center. Meanwhile, representatives from 11 member-states of the Asian Food & Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (AFACI) will take part in another training course on post-harvest management to be offered at the center.
There will be joint efforts made with Israel, a nation known to be ahead of others in its post-harvest management skills, to develop ways to keep goods fresh and to investigate any damage or losses after harvest. The results will be shared not only with the Asian partners, but also with 14 African countries and Colombia in Latin America.
“It’s necessary to develop and distribute practical technology in post-harvest management in order to reduce crop losses,” said an official from the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science. “The new research center will focus on coping with such agricultural losses.”
On June 8, another cooperative effort was underway in Thailand. The National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science brought together 22 experts from the AFACI nations to share their post-harvest management skills. During the program that continues until June 19, another 15 individuals, some locals and others from both Korea and Taiwan will be educated on how to maintain a high quality of fruit and vegetables after the harvest, and how to reduce the number of goods that must be discarded. They will also head out to the field to practice what they learned firsthand.
By Sohn JiAe
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: the Rural Development Administration
jiae5853@korea.kr
On June 3, the Rural Development Administration opened the Asia Postharvest Research Center (APHRC) at its National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science in Wanju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province).
The newly-opened center aims to reduce post-harvest crop losses to 15 to 40 percent, from the current range of 20 to 50 percent. At the center, representatives involved in the agricultural industry from the eight Asian countries -- Korea, the Philippines, Nepal, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Laos and Cambodia -- will carry out a number of projects, such as conducting joint research, training researchers and publishing technical reference books.
The Asia Postharvest Research Center opens its doors at the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, part of the Rural Development Administration, in Wanju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do, on June 3.
Individuals involved in the agricultural business from eight Asian nations look around the new Asia Postharvest Research Center on June 3.
The experts will work together on the publication of guidebooks designed to help both producers and distributors in the business get a better understanding of the technologies required in the process. They will help contribute to cutting down agricultural losses, supplying fresh produce and improving post-harvest technologies, as well.
The center will invite researchers from agricultural research bodies from the respective countries to its long-term and short-term training programs. This year, four researchers from Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines will undergo a year-long training program at the center. Meanwhile, representatives from 11 member-states of the Asian Food & Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (AFACI) will take part in another training course on post-harvest management to be offered at the center.
There will be joint efforts made with Israel, a nation known to be ahead of others in its post-harvest management skills, to develop ways to keep goods fresh and to investigate any damage or losses after harvest. The results will be shared not only with the Asian partners, but also with 14 African countries and Colombia in Latin America.
“It’s necessary to develop and distribute practical technology in post-harvest management in order to reduce crop losses,” said an official from the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science. “The new research center will focus on coping with such agricultural losses.”
Representatives from 11 member-nations of the Asian Food & Agriculture Cooperation Initiative participate in a training program run by the RDA in Thailand on June 8, a program that focuses on post-harvest management skills.
On June 8, another cooperative effort was underway in Thailand. The National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science brought together 22 experts from the AFACI nations to share their post-harvest management skills. During the program that continues until June 19, another 15 individuals, some locals and others from both Korea and Taiwan will be educated on how to maintain a high quality of fruit and vegetables after the harvest, and how to reduce the number of goods that must be discarded. They will also head out to the field to practice what they learned firsthand.
By Sohn JiAe
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: the Rural Development Administration
jiae5853@korea.kr
