The Importance of Development of Post-harvest, Food Processing and Packaging Technology to Escape from the Food Crisis of the World in the 21st Century

21세기 세계의 식량위기 탈출을 위한 수확 후 농산물 처리 기술과 식품가공 및 식품포장기술의 중요성

Since 1985, the growth rate of population of the world is over that of the food production. The cultivated land and the grain production rate are decreasing every year. Therefore, the most serious crisis which we will meet in the 21st century will be food shortage. In order to solve this desperate shortage of food, besides trying to produce more food, the technology of post-harvest, food processing, and food packaging should be developed to reduce and make the best use of the amount of the already produced agricultural products for which a lots of cost and labors were invested, but are being wasted during food distribution channel due to their undeveloped technology.