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Post-harvest Handling Knowledge and Practices on Vegetables among
Farmers in Kuala Terengganu Terengganu
Madihah Binti Mohamed Razelan
Supervisor: Dr. Norhidayah Binti Che Soh
Bachelor of Science Agrotechnology (Postharvest Technology)
School of Food Science and Technology
A good postharvest handling is crucial to ensure the freshness of the vegetables
are retained from farm to consumer. Most cases reported that postharvest losses
occur due to poor handling in the farm. Therefore, the objectives of this study was
to determine postharvest handling knowledge and practices on vegetables and also
to identify their correlation. 40 farmers around Kuala Terengganu were randomly
selected to answer a set of question consists of three sections on their demographic
profiles (Section A), postharvest handling knowledge (Section B) and postharvest
handling practices (Section C). The result revealed that the correlation between
the 13 questions in each section of B and C are significant to each other. The
findings also show that 85% of respondents attend courses related to postharvest
handling. In the view of findings, farmers have the knowledge and understand the
practices of postharvest handling on vegetables however it is vital to improve
educational knowledge and skills to reduce postharvest losses.
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