Project Report on Baby Corn

Baby  corn  is a unique cereal with a  difference  of  value addition  in  terms of milky tender cob as a fresh  natural  food cum vegetable. The tender cobs are consumed as such as a  natural food. It is very tasty, sweer and easy to consume because of  its tenderness and sweetness with nutritive value addition. Added  to this,   it  can  be  used  as  a  vegetable  in  daily culinary preparations and for preparing delicacies for special occasions. Cultivation of baby corn generates employment for the rural  poor since,  3-4  crops  can  be raised in an  year.  it  occupies  an important  place  in the food processing industry of  India.  The economic potential and marketing aspects of canning baby corn  as a  small scale food processing venture can be  explored.  Canning and pickling industries of baby corn offer huge export potential. Demand  for  baby corn as a health food is  increasing  in  class hotels  and middle class consumers. After the harvest of  babies, the  economic  potential is further enhanced  since  it  supplies green, soft, succulent, nutritious, palatable fodder with  higher digestibility.