Agriculture & Allied Sciences

Transforming Organic Agri-Produce into Processed Food Products
Post-COVID-19 Challenges and Opportunities

Editors: Deepak Kumar, PhD
N. Ravisankar, PhD
Anupama Panghal, PhD

Transforming Organic Agri-Produce into Processed Food Products

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Pub Date: July 2023
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Hard ISBN: 9781774911921
E-Book ISBN: 9781003329770
Pages: 470pp w index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Notes: 11 color and 29 b/w illustrations

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Current Scenario of Organic Farming Worldwide
Deepak Kumar, Helga Willer, N. Ravisankar, Chandrabhanu, and Amit Kumar

2. Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) on the Organic Food Sector
Surangna Jain and Seema Medhe

3. Current Status of Organic Processed Food Products in the World
Simmi Ranjan Kumar, Saugat Prajapati, and Jose V. Parambil

4. Organic Food Products: Potential and Challenges Globally
Shilpa Sindhu

5. Consumer Concerns and Choices for Processed Organic Food
Archana Poonia, Shweta Dahiya, and Parveen Siwach

6. International and National Policies on Organic Agriculture
Mrinalini Banerjee and S. Shanthakumar

7. Certification of Organic Agriculture and Trade Issues
Deepak Kumar, Manoj Kumar Menon, N. Balasubramani, A. Sadalaxmi, and Mrinalini Banerjee

8. Right to Health and Organic Agriculture from an Indian Perspective
P. Lakshmi and S. Shanthakumar

9. Safety, Nutritional Quality, and Health Benefits of Organic Products
Anamika Rana, Manjusha Tyagi, Nishant Rai, Santosh K. Arya, Raja Husain, and Akanksha Singh

10. Review of Relevant Research Related to the Fields of Processed Organic Food Products
Shilpa Sindhu and Abhijit Ghosh

11. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Protection in Organic Agriculture and Processed Foods
Deepak Kumar, Shobhalata V. Udapudi, Amitkumar Patel, and Batthini S. Pranank

12. Hindrances for Farmers and Organic Food Value Chain Participants
Anupama Panghal and Tribhuwan Nath

13. Indian Government Policies for Promotion of Processed Organic Food Products
Shweta Dahiya, Charu N Thakur, and Parveen Siwach

14. The Status and Potential of Unorganized Sector of Food Processing in India and Its Contribution in Rural Economy
Kalpana Arora

15. Organic Soy Protein Hydrolysate as a Food Supplement and Its Techno-Commercial Feasibility for Commercialization
Deepak Kumar, Sridevi A. Singh, Mahaveer P Sharma, Manoj K. Singh, and Tanvi Singh

16. Organic Production, Postharvest Processing, and Value-Added Intervention of Fox Nuts (Euryale ferox) for Export
Kalyani Sharma, Rajesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Shadanan Patel, Shyam Narayan Jha, and Mridula Devi

17. Tissue Culture Technology Intervention in Red Dacca and Cavendish Banana for Nutritive Value Enhancement Under Organic Farming in India
Pramodkumar Navik, Deepak Kumar, Simhadri Raghavendra, Alapati Padmavati, Md. Shamim, and Deepti Srivastava

18. Smart Packaging Market Potentiality for Processed Food Sector
Sapna Arora and Avnish Shandliya

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Deepak Kumar, PhD
Executive Director, Nextnode Bioscience Pvt. Ltd., Kadi, Gujarat, India

Deepak Kumar, PhD, is presently working as the Executive Director of Nextnode Bioscience Pvt. Ltd., Kadi, Gujarat, India. Before joining this organization, he served as Director (R&D) and Research Scientist at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), the Government of India’s approved lab for the private sector, for five years. He is the the author or coauthor of 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, three books, one patent, and 10 book chapters to date. For the past 10 years, he has been involved in the quality production of biofertilizers and biopesticides. He has received numerous presti-gious awards from various scientific and market research organizations, including Intellectual of the Year (2020) from Rifacimento International; Distinguished Industrial Microbiologist Award (2020) from the Microbiolo-gists Society of India (MSI); India Leadership Awards (2019) in the Best Agribiotech Entrepreneur Category from BlindwinkTM; Bangalore; Science Entrepreneur Award (2018) from Biologix Research and Innovation Centre (BRICPL, India); and Young Scientist Awards (2018, 2017) from the Society for Agriculture Innovation and Development (SAID), Ranchi (Jharkhand), and Doctor’s Agricultural and Horticultural Development Society, Lucknow, India, respectively. He also completed and guided six indigenous and exter-nally funded (DSIR and DST) research projects. In addition, Dr. Kumar is a technical consultant for more than one dozen companies for customized technical support. He is an active member of several associations and bodies, including the Fertiliser Association of India (FAI), Society for Technology Management (STEM), International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA), Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), The Biotech Research Society, India, Food Scientists & Nutritionist Association of India (FSNA), and Entomological Society of India (ESI), respectively. He earned his MSc (Biotechnology) from C.C.S. University, Meerut, India; MBA (HRM) from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar; and PhD (Ag Biotechnology) from N. D. University

N. Ravisankar, PhD
Principal Scientist (Agronomy: AICRP on ECF), ICAR–Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, India

N. Ravisankar, PhD, is a Principal Scientist (Agronomy: AICRP on ECF) and has been working at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, India, since 2011. Having 20 years of research experience in the coastal and other regions, he is currently involved in coordination of integrated farming systems and organic farming activities at the national level as Programme Facilitator (Coordination Unit) and looking after the national-level research work of the All India Network Programme on Organic Farming as National Principal Investigator. He has published 89 research papers in National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) rated journals (30 in > 6 NAAS rating), non-NAAS rated journals (five papers), popular articles (35 papers), books (10), book chapters (50), technical bulletins (10), research folders (25), training manuals (13), video films (two), and TV/radio broadcasts (50). Based on participatory research from farmers, over 80 geo-referenced farming systems success stories have been documented by involving 23 state agricultural universities. As a National Principal Investigator of the Network Project on Organic Farming (NPOF), Dr. Ravisankar prepared a detailed package of practices for organic production of crops in 79 cropping systems suitable for 14 states of India, which was published as “Organic Farming: Crop Production Guide.”

Anupama Panghal, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Business Management & Entrepreneurship Development, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli, Sonipat, India

Anupama Panghal, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Business Management & Entrepreneurship Development, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli, Sonipat, India. Prior to that, she worked for Thapar University, Patiala, India, and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, New Delhi. She was also selected by the Government of India, under the Faculty Secondment Scheme of MHRD, as a visiting professor at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, for the semester of January 2020. Her academic specialization is agriculture business management, and her current research interests are in the domains of agri-food supply chain management, technology inclusion in agri-food value chains, and agri-food entrepreneurship management. She has authored books and more than 20 research papers in reputed journals, which include Scopus and ABDC indexed ones. Also, she has contributed chapters in edited books. She has a deep interest in carrying out research and consultancy projects in the areas of the agri-food supply chain and agri-food entrepreneurship. Currently, she is working on one project funded by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) on “Development of a blockchain based traceability solution for agri-food supply chains” and another one on “Promotion of local food entrepreneurship and value chain development.” She is also a master trainer for trainers under the PM Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme of MoFPI for the domain of intellectual property rights (IPRs) for agri-food entrepreneurs. For her work in the past 15 years, she has traveled to Australia, Cambodia, Netherlands, Belgium, and Thailand.




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