Thrust Area

To develop location and crop/commodity specific post-harvest technologies for minimization of quantitative and qualitative losses to produce in agriculture and allied sectors.
To adapt and develop improved post-harvest processes and equipments for value addition to food grains and other produce at rural threshold for higher income and generation of rural employment.
To develop processes and equipment for economic utilization on bio-wastes and byproducts.
To conduct operational research and multi-location trials on developed technologies to identify technical, financial, managerial and social constraints for better market acceptability to technologies.
To establish need based Agro-Processing Centres (APC) and Crop Processing Training cum Incubation Centres (CPTIC)
To assess, refine and transfer proven technologies.