Open AccessChallenges and prospects of food science and technology education: Nepal's perspective
Author(s) -
Gartaula Ghanendra,
Adhikari Bhaskar Mani
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
food science and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 2048-7177
DOI - 10.1002/fsn3.173
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , perspective (graphical) , quality (philosophy) , threatened species , political science , public relations , food safety , business , food science , artificial intelligence , habitat , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , computer science , biology , chemistry
Food science and technology education has been running since four decades in Nepal. There is a very slow improvement in the profession. The job opportunities have always been threatened by insiders and outsiders. Academic institutions, government agencies, and food industries themselves are responsible for the quality of food science professionals. Novel and practical methods of teaching should be followed. The government and private organizations should facilitate the recruitment of food technologists. Constant prodding needs to be done for the establishment of a Council with more authority that could monitor all bodies associated with food science professionals.