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The Effect Of Post-harvest Handling On The Quality And Marketability Of Locally Harvested Tomato
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Many agricultural practices such as
types of nutrient, water supply, and harvesting methods are also
believed to be factors influencing both pre- and postharvest quality of
tomato (Melkamu, 2008). Many postharvest quality losses are as a result
of many pre-harvest factors. Controlling the number of flowers, fruits,
or fruit trusses in tomatoes is an effective way of reducing the
competition between fruits. Water loss from harvested fruit produce is
predominantly caused by the amount of moisture present in the ambient
air expressed as relative humidity (Suslow, et al 2009). Respiration and
metabolic activities within harvested climacteric fruits like tomatoes
are directly related to the temperatures of the ambient environment.
High temperatures can hasten the rate of respiration (CO2 production) in
harvested or stored fruits products. It is in view of this that the
researcher intend to investigate the effect of post-harvest handling
quality and marketability of tomato in Akwa Ibom state.
1.3 1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The
main objective of this study is to ascertain the effect of post-harvest
handling on the quality and marketability of locally harvested tomato
in Akwa Ibom state. But for the successful completion of the study, the
researcher intends to achieve the following objective;
i) To ascertain the effect of post-harvest handling on the quality of locally harvested tomato
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To ascertain if there is any relationship between post-harvest handling
quality and the marketability of the product
iii) To ascertain the impact of post-harvest handling technique on the durability of the product
iv) To investigate the handling technique that aid easy marketability of the product
1.4 1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
For the successful completion of the study, the following research hypotheses were formulated by the researcher;
H0:there is no significant effect of post-harvest handling technique on the quality of the tomato
H1:there is a significant effect of post-harvest handling technique on the quality of the tomato
H0:there is no significant relationship between post-harvest handling technique and the marketability of tomato
H2:there is a significant relationship between post-harvest handling technique and the marketability of tomato.
1.5 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
At
the completion of the study, the finding will be of great importance to
the ministry of agriculture as the study seeks to elaborate on better
ways of handling tomato after harvest to minimize the rate of breakages
and loss. The study will also be of great importance to farmers as the
study seek to proffer solution to effective post-harvest handling
technique of the agricultural product.The study will also be of great
benefit to students of the department of agriculture and crop science in
educating them on better post-harvest handling technique. Finally the
findings of this study will also be immense benefit to government,
academia, scholars, researchers and the general public.
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