“Freshness Keeper” is a paper-based technology, and scientists from CSIR-CFTRI are committed to expanding the freshness of cut flowers. |Picture source: Special arrangement
The Mysuru-based CSIR Center Food Technology Institute (CFTRI) has developed a technology that expands the freshness of cut flowers, which is designed to support the flower field under the CSIR flower farming mission.
“Freshness Keeper” is a paper-based technology that scientists from the institute work to expand the freshness of cut flowers.
CFTRI talks about the recent campaign to promote floral fragrance here, RS Matche, chief scientist and head of the food packaging technology department, highlights the institute’s work in the “Fresh Guardian” papers that help increase freshness of cut flowers and highlights the need to work with national governments on field trials.
A brief video is introduced showing CFTRI’s activities in the flower culture project. Cold chain management of Mallige Flower in Mysore was also discussed. Now, the “Fresh Guardian” technology has been transferred to Phitons Bioworgineering Pvt. Limited, Bangalore.
A one-day industry conference under the theme of Flower Culture Mission on “Promoting Flowers, Opportunities and Sustainability” was held last month. Stakeholders in the flower culture business are involved.
Mr. Manjunath Angadi, deputy director of the Horticulture Department, was the main guest Mysuru, and advised scientists to connect with farmers to inform them of new developments. “Knowledge can help farmers adopt better flower varieties and increase their profitability.”
India is the second largest flowering crop producer after China. But our export potential is below 6%. He mentioned that the state government is considering adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and flower culture automation to meet farmers’ challenges.
In his speech by the President, Sridevi A. Singh, Director of CSIR-CFTRI, emphasized the potential benefits of floral pigments as food pigments, the value of flowers used (converting waste into wealth), through the purple revolution of lavender planted in J&K, and various CSIR Laboratories such as Nbri, Cimap, cimap, IHB’s development of high-sex peanuts, and various Csir Laboratories of csir Laboratories.
Scientists and students involved in the CFTRI Flower Culture Mission Project, as well as scientists in other laboratories, as well as industry stakeholders and others, were deliberated during the competition.
P. Giridhar, chief scientist and Nodal scientist and head of FSAQCL, said the main goal of the Indian flower culture mission is to significantly increase farmers’ income through advanced farming techniques, advanced farming techniques, development, value-added varieties, value-added products and capacity-building.
Along with CSIR-NBRI, NODAL Mission Center, other laboratories such as CFTRI, Mysuru, Cimap, Lucknow, Ihbt, Palampur and Neist, Jorhat, are also actively involved. Two technical meetings were held as part of the event, during which representatives from CSIR-IHBT, CSIR-CIMAP, CSIR-NEIST and CSIR-CFTRI briefly introduced the products and technologies developed by the Floririverture Mission Project in the products and technologies under the Floriventure Mission Project.
As part of the activity, CSIR-CFTRI and other CSIR laboratories demonstrate products and technologies developed from flower culture tasks. The panel discussion was discussed on market opportunities and industry preparation, stakeholder collaboration and sustainability.
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