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Author: Marina Carcea Bencini
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9789251030769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPuts together relevant statistical and agricultural information on traditional African staple food crops and their post-harvest and processing technologies.
Author: Adel A. Kader
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9789251051375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBasic 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.
Author: J. E. Cecil
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9789251031278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the production of starch from tropical Rhizomes, palm stems and tropical roots.
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9789251034569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeals 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.
Author: Andrew Shepherd
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9789251042588
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis bulletin reviews approaches to and experiences with the export crop liberalization in Africa. The problems encountered are identified and ways of overcoming them are considered.
Author: Andrés F. López Camelo
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9789251049914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Dharini Sivakumar
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2022-11-16
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 283250616X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R. C. Gifford
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9789251031759
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael John Westlake
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9789251054154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the main objectives of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) negotiated under the Uruguay Round is to improve the access of developing countries to foreign markets. Constraints in the domestic supply chains of many countries, along with weak marketing support and trade facilitation services, have prevented them, however, from exploiting the opportunities provided by the AoA and by other agreements to improve market access. The aim of this guide is to inform policy analysts on issues that should be considered while developing policies and measures to break the main processing and marketing constraints that prevent their countries from fully exploiting their agrifood export potential.
Author: Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9789251048610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains information on post-harvest handling and marketing operations and storage of fresh and processed products. Highlights technology which, when combined, has a positive and synergistic effect in preventing biochemical and physicochemical reactions and microbial growth - the main causes of quality losses in fruits and vegetables. Suggested methodologies combine technologies such as mild heat treatment, water activity reduction, lowering of the pH and use of anti-microbial substances to realize the potential of minimally processed, high-moisture fruit products. These relatively new technologies have been successfully applied to several important tropical and non-tropical fruits in different countries of Latin America.
