- To study the prevailing post-harvests practices and identify unit operations, equipment and their components that need improvement or substitution, adequacy and inadequacy of the prevailing practices.
- To develop and adopt farm level cleaners, graders and dryers for cereals, pulses, oilseeds, plantation crops, tubers, other field crops, livestock produce and fish.
- To develop simple processes, low cost equipment and pilot plants for farm/village level processing of food grains, oilseeds and other crops for rural consumption, as well as selling value added products to semi-urban and urban areas for better economic returns.
- To develop simple processes and equipment farm/village level for better economic utilization of bio-wastes and by-products as food/feed/fuel etc. for increasing profitability of the commodity and income of the farmer.
- To undertake studies on techno-economic feasibility and economical viability of on- farm/village level processing industries and other enterprises.
- To field evaluate laboratory proven technologies and carry out operational research trials on the developed technologies for villages to identify technical, managerial and social constraints and take remedial measures before releasing for popularization.
- To facilitate creating of post-harvest technology consciousness and transfer of proven technologies in selected villages and monitoring its effects on economics and social development.
- To generate income and employment in rural areas through adoption of proven technologies and equipment through establishing agro-processing centres.
(AICRP-PHET)
