[{"id":"cwdmbrp","elType":"section","settings":[],"elements":[{"id":"fsklbsk","elType":"column","settings":{"_column_size":100},"elements":[{"id":"vcfraxz","elType":"widget","settings":{"editor":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Sub-theme 3.4. Postharvest Technology, Processing, and Food Analysis <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Aims <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">This sub-theme aims at analysing the process of food production from plant and animal products; developing and improving postharvest technologies for plant and animal products, and designing, developing and evaluating new food products and improving the existing traditional food product processing techniques.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Description <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">This sub-theme focuses on development of food quality standards; improvement of quality of fresh produce, grains and animal products; development of new food products from indigenous and traditional food resources; improvement of processing methods of traditional and indigenous foods and drinks; improvement of traditional processing equipment (technologies); and solving problems of nutrient deficiencies. Exploration of non-conventional food resources for the potential to develop into acceptable processed food products is also a focus of this sub-theme.\u00a0 The sub-theme also deals with postharvest management, product development, and processing technologies of industrially and economically important crops.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"_Toc389157669\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Research Areas<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"_Toc389157670\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><em>3.4.1. Postharvest technology, processing, and food analysis for plant\/crop products<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"_Toc389157671\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><em>3.4.2. Postharvest technology, processing, and food analysis for animal products<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a name=\"_Toc389157672\"><\/a><a name=\"_Toc347497617\"><\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sub-theme-3.4-Description.pdf\"><u>For the details, click here<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2017-Sub-theme-3.4-Priority-research-areas.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2017<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2016-Sub-theme-3.4-Priority-research-areas-1.pdf\"><u>Research priorities 2016<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>","text_color":"#000000","typography_typography":"custom","typography_font_size":{"unit":"px","size":16},"typography_font_family":"Times New Roman"},"elements":[],"widgetType":"text-editor"}],"isInner":false}],"isInner":false}]