Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment
Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment

Author: D. W. Smith

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9789251034583

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This bulletin provides principles, practices and procedures for testing machines and also determines aspects of a machine's performance that can be evaluated. It is directed towards those involved in the evaluation of machinery, and primarily towards users on small farms. Evaluation of farm equipment may be appropriate at any stage in its development, from first prototype to batch and series production.

Grain Storage Techniques
Grain Storage Techniques

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9789251034569

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Deals with the main aspects of preservation of grains after harvest in tropical and subtropical regions. Presents the entire range of technologies currently available, from the farm granary to large-scale storage facilities. Special emphasis has been placed on quality control as it is becoming more and more important in view of the marketable surplus. Aimed at private and public sector storage operators, extension workers, students and researchers.

Manual for the Preparation and Sale of Fruits and Vegetables
Manual for the Preparation and Sale of Fruits and Vegetables

Author: Andrés F. López Camelo

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9789251049914

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The fruit and vegetable production sector of Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Eastern Europe is facing a new situation where, on the one hand, supermarket chains account for an increasing percentage of the domestic food retail market and, on the other hand, producers must compete in an increasingly demanding global market for non traditional and off-season fruits and vegetables. Small farmers are increasingly being marginalized and will be facing unequal market conditions unless they are able to change their practices to meet the needs of a modern food marketing system. Regardless of the production system, the technological challenge is to increase returns through the rational use of available resources, reducing production costs and post-harvest losses, enhancing competitiveness and adding value to the final product.