About the Book: Fundamentals of Crop Processing Technology and Protected
Cultivation
This book provides a wide range of fundamental principles of crop processing
technology and protected cultivation. Almost all raw agricultural materials are
transformed into food products suitable for consumption and of the highest
quality by a series of operations; thus, different types of equipment are
employed to perform these transformations. The book is designed as per the ICAR
syllabus for post-harvest technology of crops and protected cultivation. The
book has been divided into several chapters to understand different unit
operations involved in crop processing and protected cultivation. The book deals
with the grain structure, engineering properties of