Packaging for fruits, vegetables and root cropsPackaging for fruits, vegetables and root crops
by Cornelis C.M Schuur
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Bridgetown, BARBADOS
September 1988
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2. Packaging and post-harvest losses
2.1.1. Mechanical injuries
2.1.2. Physical and environmental factors
2.1.3. Biological and microbiological losses
2.1.4. (Bio-)chemical and physiological losses
3. Characteristics of packaging
4. Classification and designs for packaging
4.1. Sacks and nets
4.2. Wooden crates
4.3. Fibreboard boxes
4.4. Plastic crates
4.5. Pallet boxes
5. Unitisation and standardisation
7. Which type of packaging to use?
10.1 instruction sheet 1: standardisation and unitisation
10.2 instruction sheet 2: cost calculation packaging
10.3 instruction sheet 3: choice of packaging