The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has decided to boost theapplication of post-harvest technology in agricultural production to beable to gain stronger foothold in global markets, the Vietnam EconomicNews reported.
Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quansaid post-harvest preservation and processing technology is an importantphase to improve product quality and competitiveness of agriculturalproducts.
The project on application of post-harvesttechnology in producing surimi for export has brought an encouragingresult. This project aimed at exporting surimi to hard-to-please marketslike Japan (100 tonnes) and the Republic of Korea (over 6,000tonnes) at a price of 1,750 USD per tonne.
Project director LeDuc Manh said “in the future, products of the project will surely beexported to Europe and countries in other regions.”
Anothersuccessful project was the application of heat pump drying to reduce teamaterial losses by10-15 percent compared with the old technology. Thisprocessing method met the standards regulated by the Ministry of Health.At present, these products started to be supplied to institutes oftraditional medicine and medical centres nationwide. In addition, manyadvanced technologies in preserving woods, mushrooms, fresh milk andseafood have also been applied and produced good results.
TheMOST has recently carried out a project applying Japan ’s ABI groupCAS preservation technology with total investment of 1 million USD. TheState-of- the- art technology has provided long-time preservationcapability on fresh vegetables, fruits and foodstuffs. It has also beenapplied on preserving Luc Ngan litchi; Hung Yen longans, Vinh orangesand Tien Giang mangoes which produced good results and ensured foodhygiene and safety.
In the future, more post- harvesttechnologies are expected to introduce to the preservation of Vietnam’sseafood and agricultural products, as a result of it, more Vietnameseproducts will be exported and farmers’ earnings will be improved.-VNA
Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quansaid post-harvest preservation and processing technology is an importantphase to improve product quality and competitiveness of agriculturalproducts.
The project on application of post-harvesttechnology in producing surimi for export has brought an encouragingresult. This project aimed at exporting surimi to hard-to-please marketslike Japan (100 tonnes) and the Republic of Korea (over 6,000tonnes) at a price of 1,750 USD per tonne.
Project director LeDuc Manh said “in the future, products of the project will surely beexported to Europe and countries in other regions.”
Anothersuccessful project was the application of heat pump drying to reduce teamaterial losses by10-15 percent compared with the old technology. Thisprocessing method met the standards regulated by the Ministry of Health.At present, these products started to be supplied to institutes oftraditional medicine and medical centres nationwide. In addition, manyadvanced technologies in preserving woods, mushrooms, fresh milk andseafood have also been applied and produced good results.
TheMOST has recently carried out a project applying Japan ’s ABI groupCAS preservation technology with total investment of 1 million USD. TheState-of- the- art technology has provided long-time preservationcapability on fresh vegetables, fruits and foodstuffs. It has also beenapplied on preserving Luc Ngan litchi; Hung Yen longans, Vinh orangesand Tien Giang mangoes which produced good results and ensured foodhygiene and safety.
In the future, more post- harvesttechnologies are expected to introduce to the preservation of Vietnam’sseafood and agricultural products, as a result of it, more Vietnameseproducts will be exported and farmers’ earnings will be improved.-VNA
