Vol. 4 (1) : January-February 2013 issue
Green Farming Vol. 4 (1) : 99-102 (January-February, 2013)
Evaluation of short term jaggery storage methods in Karnataka
H.N. RAMYA1, G. NAGARAJA2*, C.J. RAGHUPATI3, H. SHOBA4 and M.S. SREEDEVI5
Deptt. of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore - 560 065 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1,3M.Tech Scholar (PHT) *(nagutech2007@gmail.com), 4Asstt. Agric. Officer, 2M.Tech Scholar (FMPE), 5Asstt. Professor
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. :
Total Pages : 4
Received : 05 September 2012
Revised accepted : 18 December 2012
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Citation :
H.N. RAMYA, G. NAGARAJA, C.J. RAGHUPATI, H. SHOBA and M.S. SREEDEVI. 2013. Evaluation of short term jaggery storage methods in Karnataka. Green Farming Vol. 4 (1) : 99-102 ; January-February, 2013
ABSTRACT
Various storage methods of jaggery are practiced in Karnataka to keep the fresh jaggery intact for day to day consumption. Methods of jaggery stored locally in Karnataka were evaluated to know the merits of some preservation methods for jaggery followed by consumers. Short term storage of jaggery by different methods under laboratory conditions indicated that the jaggery stored in air tight container for 90 days maintained its quality and colour closely followed by wrapping with alkathene film and packed in paper box covered by polythene pouch as compared to jaggery kept open as it is without covering wrapped with gunny and Hessian cloth or packed with sugarcane trash and stored.
Key words :
Air tight container, Jaggery storage, Physico-chemical properties.