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Post harvest handling of Leafy Vegetable (Receiving house (Cleaning,…
Post harvest handling of Leafy Vegetable
Harvesting
Use proper harvesting techniques e.g. sharp knife
Picking early in the morning and late evening
Use proper harvesting tool e.g. Sharp knife
Harvesting personel must have proper training
Put the vegetable in proper containers
Use proper transport
Exclude over maturity vegetable
Harvest maturity
Remove yellowed & leaves
Packaging
Use perforated container
Use cold packaging or icing box
Avoid overfill the vegetable into storage container
Avoid mechanical injury/physical damage
Use proper packaging
Use proper pckaging materials
Use ventilated transport container
Ice packaging
Use clean Packaging
Use modified package e.g polymeric film/plastic film
On field handling
Cooling
Reduce ethylene production
Reduce resopiration
Reduce microbial activity
Reduce browning and texture loss
Reduce transpiration
Remove field heat
Water sprinkle or dipping in water
Put in proper container e.g. plastic crates
Avoid throwing harvested produce
Storage
Ventilated storage potential
Factors affecting storage
Refrigerated storage cold storage
Avoid over humidity
Prevent insect damage
Avoid high temperature
Cooling before storage
Use optimum storage temperature
Evaporative cooling storage e.g Zero energy cooling chamber
Receiving house
Cleaning
Fungicide
Sorting, grading and trimming
Receiving of vegetable
Packaging
Curing
Waxing
Use clean water
Remove decaying rejected
produce
Washing and sanitizing
Use pesticide e.g. botanical extract
Transport
Prevent overheating
Mobile cool transport
Avoid rough road
Prevent mechanical damage
Use refrigerated transport
Marketing
Put in cold storage contaner
Put in ventilated container
Protect direct sunlight
Put in refregeration
Avoid high temperature
Keep away from insects and pest
Put away from dust
Prevent humidity and high temperature
Put in modified atmosphere packaging