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- ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack (NRRI)
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal (IIWBR)
- ICAR-Central Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur (CICR)
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi (IIVR)
- ICAR-National Research Centre on Banana (NRCB)
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal (IISS)
- ICAR- National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur (NBSS&LUP)
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneshwar (IIWM)
- ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal (CIAE)
- ICAR- Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana (CIPHET)
- ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (NDRI)
- ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai (CIFE)
- ICAR- Central Inland Fishery Research Institute, Barrakpore (CIFRI)
- ICAR- Central Institute of Fresh Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar (CIFA)
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Aim/Agenda
About us:
The ICAR – Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET), established in 1989 at Ludhiana. The Institute has strong multidisciplinary scientific base with sufficient expertise in engineering and allied technology for carrying out research, providing technical services and knowledge services and generating relevant information for national level policies on post-harvest agriculture sector. The Institute at present is operating with five divisions, namely Food Grain & Oilseed Processing Division, Agricultural Structures & Environment Control Division, Automation and Sensor Technology Division and Transfer of Technology Division at Ludhiana and Horticultural Crop Processing Division regional station at Abohar. These divisions are equipped with appropriate laboratories and some state of the art instruments, equipment, pilot plants etc. ICAR-CIPHET, has two All India Coordinated Research Projects (AICRP) namely, AICRP on Post-Harvest Engineering & Technology (PHET) and Plastic Engineering in Agricultural Structures and Environment Control (PEASEM) with 31 and 14 cooperating centres, respectively, located all over India. It is also the coordination unit of one Consortium Research Project (CRP) on Secondary Agriculture.
What we do:
The institute undertakes lead research in the area of the post-harvest engineering and value addition technologies appropriate to agricultural production catchments and agro-processing industries. The institute is also engaged in human resource and entrepreneurship development related to post-harvest operations performed on-farm as well as off-farm in order to minimize the post-harvest losses and empower the rural community with additional income.
During past five years, ICAR-Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India had undertaken projects of national importance such as determination of post-production losses of agricultural produce including food grains, fruits, vegetables, fish, milk, meat etc., submitted the report for storage losses in FCI, state and central warehouses and recommended norms for proper management during storage and also established a fumigation chamber for grapes and recommended operational norms/guidelines. The institute including its schemes has developed about 76 machinery / technologies/ process protocols that includes On-farm field dryers for paddy, solar dryer for perishable commodities (chilli, tomato, onion, turmeric etc.), improved storage structure for fruits and vegetables, cleaners, graders, shellers, peelers, decorticators, Makhana processing unit, protein isolate pilot plant etc. Seventy eight technologies were transferred to entrepreneurs. Establishment of Agricultural Processing Centres (130) has revolutionized the value addition and marketing of produce in production catchments, resulting in direct or indirect employment of farmers, youth and women transforming them into entrepreneurs.
Objectives of the sub-project:
- Development of image (Visual and X-Ray) based mango sorting & grading system for detection of soft tissue and seed weevil
- Development of sensor-based monitoring system for supply chain management of banana
- Development of block chain technology based software for traceability and supply chain management of banana