Thrust on jackfruit processing to maintain value

RAJSHAHI, Dec 26: Agriculture experts and researchers have underscored the need for jackfruit processing after the best uses of modern technologies to maintain its value and protect from being wastages.
They came up with the importance while sharing their expertise in a webinar titled "Jackfruit Postharvest Loss Reduction and Marketing Strategy -Ways to Move Forward" recently.
Postharvest Technology Division (PHTD) of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) hosted the virtual workshop under the Postharvest Management, Processing and Marketing of Jackfruits project with financial support of Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF).
Jackfruit experts Dr Golam Ferdous Chowdhury and Tareq Rafi Bhuiyan illustrated various value addition aspects of the fruit during presentation of two keynote papers on 'Product Development Technologies of Jackfruit' and 'Value Chain Development and Marketing Strategy of Jackfruit' respectively.