Today I have worked for a project
(End-line survey on Income Generation Project through ICT) in the area of
Kapasia under Gazipur district. I have visited so many farmers’ house for this survey
in this locality. In this time I have felt interest on a local method of Tomato
storage. It was so simple but I liked it. I thing this system developed naturally
among the farmer. It’s like a story…………..
Once a farmer uprooted a tomato
plant and hang on a branch of tree beside the field unconsciously. All other tomato harvested from field and took
to his house. After some days he came back to the field and observed that all
the tomato with the plant still remain fresh but the tomato that he took to his
house are rotten. From this event he learned something and next year he does
not harvest all tomato from field. He harvested some the plant including root
and kept hanging on rope inside and outside of his house. Those tomatoes were
fresh for two month! Yes More than two month those tomatoes were fresh………….not
only for his consumption but also for late selling at a high price.
This is like a continuous
harvesting process where all tomato is not ripe at a time. As a result farmer
can consume it for long days. Main problem is tomato may be shrinking or dry but
if you keep it in the water for sometimes than it regains its good look. This method
is mainly applied at late seasons after main harvest complete.
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| Tomato keep outside the house |
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| Tomato keep inside the house |
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| After soaking under water |
It is just an endogenous method
but I think it could be develop by some scientific research. I hope
someone will feel interested on this post and a scope of working will be created.