Post-harvest losses of fruits in Vietnam account for 20 percent of thetotal output due to the incorrect way of harvesting, packing,transporting and preserving, heard the third Asia-Pacific Symposium onPost-harvest Research, Education and Extension in Ho Chi Minh City onDecember 9.
The loss of agricultural products after harvest is 8percent, particularly rice at 10 percent, according to the Ministry ofScience and Technology.
As Vietnam is atropical country, it is extremely important for local farmers to keepfarm produce in low temperature right after they are reaped, expertsstated.
They also pointed out severalshortcomings of the country in this field, including the lack of skilledlabourers and modern technologies.
MichaelLay-Lee from the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Researchsuggested Vietnam attract more young people to work in the agriculturalsector, and provide them with training on using technologies to preservefarm produce.
Former head of the Southern FruitResearch Institute Nguyen Minh Chau stressed the necessity for Vietnamto invest more in modern technology in packing.
Jointly held by the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, andScience and Technology under the auspices of the International Societyfor Horticultural Science, the symposium will end on December 11.
Itis expected to help Vietnamese scientists and businesses to learn aboutthe latest post-harvest technologies and how to apply them inproduction in order to reduce the losses and increase thecompetitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural products.
Vietnam is an agricultural country with agriculture accounting for 22percent of GDP, 30 percent of exports and 60 percent of employment.-VNA
The loss of agricultural products after harvest is 8percent, particularly rice at 10 percent, according to the Ministry ofScience and Technology.
As Vietnam is atropical country, it is extremely important for local farmers to keepfarm produce in low temperature right after they are reaped, expertsstated.
They also pointed out severalshortcomings of the country in this field, including the lack of skilledlabourers and modern technologies.
MichaelLay-Lee from the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Researchsuggested Vietnam attract more young people to work in the agriculturalsector, and provide them with training on using technologies to preservefarm produce.
Former head of the Southern FruitResearch Institute Nguyen Minh Chau stressed the necessity for Vietnamto invest more in modern technology in packing.
Jointly held by the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, andScience and Technology under the auspices of the International Societyfor Horticultural Science, the symposium will end on December 11.
Itis expected to help Vietnamese scientists and businesses to learn aboutthe latest post-harvest technologies and how to apply them inproduction in order to reduce the losses and increase thecompetitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural products.
Vietnam is an agricultural country with agriculture accounting for 22percent of GDP, 30 percent of exports and 60 percent of employment.-VNA
