Download or read book Post harvest losses in fruits and vegetables The Kenyan context written by Ridolfi, Carlotta and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report collates and contextualizes available evidence on post-harvest losses (PHL) in horticultural crops in Kenya. We begin by outlining the extent of PHL in horticultural crops and its repercussions in the context of food security and poverty reduction. We then describe the growing importance of the horticulture sector in Kenya and its growth potential, especially in terms of exports. Following this discussion, we detail PHL for two important horticultural crops, mangoes and tomatoes, for which Kenya-specific evidence is available. We discuss ways to mitigate PHL from three angles: technological, economic or behavioral, and institutional. Documenting cost-effective technological interventions to mitigate PHL, we catalogue ways to tackle PHL at the individual farmer level. We then highlight behavioral bottlenecks to adoption of such technologies and the need to design interventions in ways that address these. Finally, we discuss structural and institutional changes that would need to accompany individual-level interventions to bring about significant reductions in PHL.

Download or read book Post harvest losses Global scale solutions and relevance to Ghana written by Ridolfi, Carlotta and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report collates and contextualizes available evidence on post-harvest losses (PHL) in horticultural crops in Kenya. We begin by outlining the extent of PHL in horticultural crops and its repercussions in the context of food security and poverty reduction. We then describe the growing importance of the horticulture sector in Kenya and its growth potential, especially in terms of exports. Following this discussion, we detail PHL for two important horticultural crops, mangoes and tomatoes, for which Kenya-specific evidence is available. We discuss ways to mitigate PHL from three angles: technological, economic or behavioral, and institutional. Documenting cost-effective technological interventions to mitigate PHL, we catalogue ways to tackle PHL at the individual farmer level. We then highlight behavioral bottlenecks to adoption of such technologies and the need to design interventions in ways that address these. Finally, we discuss structural and institutional changes that would need to accompany individual-level interventions to bring about significant reductions in PHL.

Download or read book Prevention of Post harvest Food Losses written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Food System Analysis of Kenya s Mango Avocado and Poultry Sectors written by Herman Snel and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenya is considered one of the economic powerhouses of eastern Africa. The agri-food system contributes 34 percent of the total national GDP and 65 percent of all export related earnings. More than 80 percent of the Kenyan population is directly dependent on agriculture as a source of food and income. Due to inefficiencies in the supply chains, vast volumes of perishable, nutrition dense food products are lost before they reach the market or consumers. Post-harvest losses of over 40 percent are common in the case of perishable and nutrition dense agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables and fresh animal products. Reducing post-harvest losses enhances the efficiency of the food system, reduces waste, minimizes environmental footprint of agricultural production, and makes more food available, accessible and affordable for consumers.

Download or read book The Role of Post harvest Management in Assuring the Quality and Safety of Horticultural Produce written by Adel A. Kader and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic approaches to maintaining the safety and quality of horticultural produce are the same, regardless of the market to which this produce is targeted. This bulletin reviews the factors which contribute to quality and safety deterioration of horticultural produce, and describes approaches to assuring the maintenance of quality and safety throughout the post-harvest chain. Specific examples are given to illustrate the economic implications of investing in and applying proper post-harvest technologies. Criteria for the assessment of post-harvest needs, the selection of post-harvest technologies appropriate to the situation and context, and for extending appropriate levels of post-harvest information are also discussed.

Download or read book A Methodological Approach To Identifying and Reducing Postharvest Food Losses written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Postharvest Losses of Fruits and Vegetables in Some Countries of the Near East and North Africa written by Adel A. Kader and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Post harvest losses in rural urban value chains Evidence from Ethiopia written by Minten, Bart and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study post-harvest losses (PHL) in important and rapidly growing rural-urban value chains in Ethiopia. We analyze self-reported PHL from different value chain agents – farmers, wholesale traders, processors, and retailers – based on unique large-scale data sets for two major commercial commodities, the storable staple teff and the perishable liquid milk. PHL in the most prevalent value chain pathways for teff and milk amount to between 2.2 and 3.3 percent and 2.1 and 4.3 percent of total produced quantities, respectively. We complement these findings with primary data from urban food retailers for more than 4,000 commodities. Estimates of PHL from this research overall are found to be significantly lower than is commonly assumed. We further find that the emerging modern retail sector in Ethiopia is characterized by half the level of PHL than are observed in the traditional retail sector. This is likely due to more stringent quality requirements at procurement, sales of more packaged – and therefore better protected – commodities, and better refrigeration, storage, and sales facilities. The further expected expansion of modern retail in these settings should likely lead to a lowering of PHL in food value chains, at least at the retail level.

Download or read book Postharvest Management of Fruit and Vegetables in the Asia Pacific Region written by Rosa Sonya Rolle and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Postharvest Losses of Fruits and Vegetables in Some Countries of the Near East and North Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Postharvest Handling and Diseases of Horticultural Produce written by Dinesh Singh and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the most recent developments in the field of postharvest handling technologies and diseases in a single volume. Includes postharvest diseases of cut flowers, fruits, vegetables, and tubers crops. Appropriate for students, researchers and professionals. Written by experts which can be used as a reference resource.

Download or read book Postharvest Food Losses in Fruits and Vegetables written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prevention of Postharvest Food Losses Fruits Vegetables and Root Crops written by Fao and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual, presents material from a wide variety of disciplines associated with the prevention of food losses and development of marketing operations, particularly those in fruit, vegetables and roots and tubers. It is directed to field staff, project supervisors, teachers at agricultural schools and at training institutions, and extension personnel connected with the handling and marketing of those commodities. This manual should serve as a reference work on the prevention of postharvest food losses. For specific training purposes, the manual takes up a number of crops and techniques from which the trainer can select according to local conditions. Trainers are encouraged to supplement the material by practical work and by detailed worksheets or handouts covering special topics of local interest.

Download or read book A handbook on post harvest management of fruits and vegetables written by John and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Handbook on Post Harvest Management of Fruits and Vegetables deals with the scientific approach to post harvest management of fresh fruits and vegetables with the intention to minimize the post harvest losses. It is a compilation of informations on various aspects of post harvest technology in to a simple handbook. Separate chapters on the importance of harvesting indices of various fruits and vegetables, methods of harvesting, importance of washing and various techniques and types of machines used for washing are coverd in the earlier chapters with tables and pictures. Importance of packing fresh fruits and vegetables, its comparative merits and demerits of each material, pre-treatments of fruits and vegetables, different storage techniques and hazards during transportation are covered in the later chapters. This is a brief and valid handbook highly suitable for the students and research workers in the field of Horticulture, Agriculture and Food Science and Technology who are doing post harvest aspect of fruit and vegetables and also those who are engaged in fresh fruits and vegetable handling, packaging marketing. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Harvesting; Chapter 3: Washing; Chapter 4: Sorting and Grading; Chapter 5: Pre-treatments; Chapter 6: Packaging; Chapter 7: Storage; Chapter 8: Transportation

Download or read book Report of Consultancy on Postharvest Losses of Fruits and Vegetables in Some Countries of the Near East and North Africa written by Adel A. Kader and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fruit and Vegetables written by Anthony Keith Thompson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this very well-received book, which in itsfirst edition was entitled Postharvest Technology of Fruits andVegetables, has been welcomed by the community of postharvestphysiologists and technologists who found the first edition of suchgreat use. The book covers, in comprehensive detail, postharvestphysiology as it applies to postharvest quality, technologyrelating to maturity determination, harvesting, packaging,postharvest treatments, controlled atmosphere storage, ripening andtransportation on a very wide international range of fruits andvegetables. The new edition of this definitive work, which contains manyfull colour photographs, provides key practical andcommercially-oriented information of great use in helping to ensurethat fruit and vegetables reach the retailer in optimum condition,with the minimum of loss and spoilage. Fruits and vegetables, 2nd edition is essential readingforfruit and vegetable technologists, food scientists and foodtechnologists, agricultural scientists, commercial growers,shippers and warehousing operatives and personnel within packagingcompanies. Researchers and upper level students in food science,food technology, plant and agricultural sciences will find a greatdeal of use within this landmark book. All libraries in researchestablishments and universities where these subjects are studiedand taught should have copies readily available for users. A. K. Thompson was formerly Professor and head of PostharvestTechnology, Silsoe College, UK.

Download or read book Managing Postharvest Quality and Losses in Horticultural Crops in 3 Vols written by K. L. Chadha and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: