Project Number: 5320-43000-013-02
Project Type: Specific C/A

Start Date: May 29, 2002
End Date: May 28, 2007

Objective:
To develop new process, new uses, value-added bio-based products, and marketing technologies that expand and diversify Hawaii's agriculture and agricultural exports by providing farmers and other members of the agricultural community with new postharvest methods to increase product value, to reduce postharvest to market losses, improve product marketability, and decrease processing, handling, storage, shipping, or marketing costs.

Approach:
Identify and characterize the nutritional components of sugar cane bagass, macadamia nut hulls, and other bio-mass waste from Hawaii's sugar, macadamia nut, pineapple, and tropical tree fruit industries. Develop technologies to process bio-mass waste into new products and the methods to market them. Develop postharvest processes for adding value, improving marketability, and decreasing processing, handling, storage, shipping, or marketing costs. Documents SCA with University of Hawaii, Hilo.

Project Team

Armstrong, John - Jack Jack Fujii - Dean, College Of Agri, Forestry, & Natural Resourc 808-959-4336

Project Annual Reports

FY 2003

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