Project Number: 5320-43000-013-04
Project Type: Specific C/A

Start Date: Sep 24, 2002
End Date: Sep 23, 2007

Objective:
To develop innovative agricultural processes, including value-added bio-based products, novel postharvest technologies, marketing strategies, and appropriate training, that will expand and diversify Hawaii's agriculture and boost exports. While the overall purpose of the project is to integrate agricultural technology and transfer that ultimately lead to increased agricultural productivity, emphasis will be placed on environmentally-acceptable and sustainable methods, which provide an economic benefit to the targeted users.

Approach:
Identify and characterize the nutritional components of various forage bio-mass, sugar cane seed-cane tops, and other by-products from the papaya, pineapple, macadamia nut, and other agricultural industries in Hawaii. Develop technologies to process forage crops and bio-mass waste into new products and the methods to market them. Develop postharvest processes and technical training for adding value, improving marketability and economic viability, and deceasing the processing, handling, storage, shipping and marketing costs that contribute to agricultural losses. Documents SCA with U-HI Manoa.

Project Team

Armstrong, John - Jack Andrew Hashimoto - Dean - Uh College Of Tropical Ag & Human Resources 808-959-4336

Project Annual Reports

FY 2003

Related National Programs

Crop Protection & Quarantine (304)   Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products (306)