Post Harvest
Production of Clay Containers for Curbing Plantain Post Harvest Losses in Ghana
... of post-harvest losses include lack of sorting to eliminate defects before storage and the use of inadequate packaging materials, rough handling and inadequate cool- ing and temperature maintenance ...
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AN ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATION OF POST HARVEST LOSSES OF KINNOW IN PAKISTAN
... Total post-harvest losses of kinnow at farm, wholesale market and retail level were 45 percent of the total ...on post-harvest ...minimize post-harvest losses and to fetch ...
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Microorganisms Associated with Post Harvest Spoilage of Sweet Potatoes in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
... Abstract Sweet potatoes are tuber crops consumed in different parts of the world. Its use is however limited by post-harvest spoilage by microorganisms. This study was carried out to isolate, identify, and ...
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Prospect of Antifeedant Secondary Metabolites As Post Harvest Material
... of post harvest pest have been studied extensively though mostly at laboratory level and only very few plant-based compounds or formulations have actually been used in agricultural post ...
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Mycological Deterioration and Pathogenicity Studies of Post harvest Cassava
... This work also corresponds with the work of Messiga et al. (2008) that isolated rot causing fungi from cassava (Manihot esculenta) and concluded that these molds contribute to low yields and post-harvest ...
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ASSESSMENT OF POST-HARVEST LOSSES OF PLUM IN SWAT, PAKISTAN
... the post harvest losses to a great ...the post harvest losses. The magnitude of post harvest losses can be reduced by 5- 9% if harvested in proper maturity (Arazuri et ...
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Assessing post-harvest labor shortages, wages, and welfare
... We test the effects when we vary the size of the decrease in pre-harvest labor supply and show the results in Table 11. When the decrease in pre-harvest labor is small such as 2%, then greater demand ...
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Response of baramasi lemon to various post-harvest treatments
... ranging from 13.7-30.3% during 30 to 60 days of storage. The reduction in decay of fruits in polyethylene film may be due to reduction in vapour condensation (Ben-Yehosusha et al., 1998). The present study confirms the ...
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Pre and Post Harvest Losses of Pigeon pea in Maharashtra
... The state of Maharashtra, which cultivates a significant production volume of pulses in the country mainly in dryland area under rainfed conditions, is seen to have witnessed low yield levels of pulses due to severe ...
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A socio economic investigation of pre harvest and post harvest crop loss between producers and retailers in Fenland
... This paper presents the results of an investigation which identified causes of both pre- and post-harvest crop losses and retail-induced crop losses within Fenland, Cambridgeshire. This study used ...
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Appropriate Technology of Post Harvest Broccoli Quality Produced in Indonesia
... is post-harvest handling without appropriate technology and handling is still carried out by traditional method without hardly any starting or grading ...by post-harvest handling a lone, but ...
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Effect of pre harvest Calcium Chloride on Post Harvest Behavior of Mango Fruits (Mangifera Indica L )cv Alphonso
... of post-harvest storage life of mango and they reported that the increase in calcium salts levels leads to delayed hastening but had bad effect on fruit quality by enhancing skin shriveling and reducing ...
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SCOPE AND CHALLENGES IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROCESSING FOR REDUCTION OF POST HARVEST LOSSES AND VALUE ADDITION
... for post harvest treatment or processing are employed depending upon the type of commodity ...minimizes post harvest losses by retarding the metabolic rate and inhibiting the activity of ...
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Pre Harvest and Post Harvest applications of Salicylic Acid and Methylchlorflurenol to Modify Petal Senescence in Calendula Officinalis L
... pre- harvest treatments with 40 and 20µM concentrations of salicylic acid (SA) and methylchlorflurenol (a morphactin, MOR) in separate experiments to find out their effects on flower diameter and certain ...
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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CHEMICALS ON THE POST HARVEST LIFE OF ORNAMENTAL PALMS
... When shoots were treated in vase solution, water uptake continuously decreased till 96 hours as evident from Table.2 in all three species. Highest total water uptake nothing but the difference between the consecutive ...
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Food and nutrition security: challenges of post-harvest handling in Kenya
... Looking forward, it would be bene fi cial for developed countries to provide national estimates of food waste and information on where to target resources to decrease food waste ef fi ciently. There is also a wide range of ...
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Removing pre-and post-harvest constraints to custard apple marketing
... Project jointly funded by HRDC (FR425) and RIRDC (DAQ- 167A), and Australian custard apple growers.. Final report- Removing pre-and post-harvest constraints to custard apple marketing 1[r] ...
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The effect of post harvest handling on selected native food plants
... This project addresses two key RIRDC sub program strategies: to identify and evaluate processes or products with prospects of commercial viability and to assist in the development of integrated production, harvesting, ...
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Determinants of post harvest grain losses in Nigeria
... Most studies in Nigeria such as Olayemi et al. (2010), Joseph (1991), Adewumi et al., (2009), Folayan (2013) and Babalola et al. (2010) either focused mainly on a single crop and a particular actor along the food supply ...
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POST-HARVEST CHALLENGES OF FOOD CROPS IN JAKAIRI SUBDIVISION, CAMEROON. A THREAT TO FOOD SECURITY
... survival. Post- harvest food loss in Africa represents a multi-faceted challenge that reduces the income of approximately 470 million ...investigates post-harvest options of farmers in Jakiri ...
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