Author(s):

Babita Kherwa

Abstract: According to the report of India's National Commission on Agriculture, defects and in adequate facilities in postharvest handling transport storage and marketing cause up to 20 to 40 percent loss of fruit and vegetables. This is true for Kinnow as well and the value of this loss amounts to millions of rupees annually. Following are the prominent causes of pre and Post Harvest loss of Kinnow in India. Poor Farm Management, Improper Harvesting, Absence of anti-fungal treatment, Delays in the lifting of Harvested crop, Poor non-refrigerated transportation, Below standard Fruit Markets (Sabzi-Mandies), Inadequate Packing, Absence of proper cold storage facility. It is a study concerning Kinnow fruit processing units of Southern Punjab. It is a study of Human Resource employed in it and finance requirement for running Kinnow fruit processing units. This it is a study of Human Resource management and financial management. The Study is concerned to the Southern Punjab Kinnow Production Area. Only Kinnow fruit processing units is under Survey. It is delimited to 50 Kinnow Processing units running in the district of Fazilka and Muktsar. Personal Interview was conducted to serve the purpose of the Study. The subjects were taken from Southern Punjab. Fifty Kinnow processing units were under the survey. These units were selected to serve our purpose so Random purposive sampling procedure is applied to select the samples and collect the data. For this case study, interview of owners of the processing plants were conducted and found that most of the owners do not possess professional degree. The employees and workers are untrained and going with their own experience only. Most of the plants availed the subsidy but there is more need of Government Funding for upgradation of technology, training of the workers and there is a need to educate the owners about the world level standards. There is a need to develop the professional ethics in the industry also.

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