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 - Description of the technical activities related to the handling, packaging, ripening and storage of bananas.
 - The objective of this manual is to provide uniform, broad-based scientific and practical information on the safe production, handling, storage, and transport of fresh produce.
 - This manual, Volume II of the training manual on the prevention of post-harvest food losses, 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 [...]
FAO code: 17 AGRIS: J11
 - The two main objectives of applying postharvest technology to harvested fruits and vegetables are to maintain quality (appearance, texture, flavor, nutritive value and safety) and to reduce losses between harvest and consumption. Effective management during the postharvest period, rather than the level of sophistication of [...]
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 - The publication of this manual marks the culmination of a long period of collaborative research by numerous professionals and organizations. In fact we believe that by providing the necessary organizational, institutional, and financial support over a period of approximately five years, the Inter-American Institute for [...]
 - The coffee tree is a shrub with a straight trunk which can survive for about 70 years. The first flowers appear during the third year, but production is only profitable from the fifth year onwards. Botanists classify Coffee as a member of the Rubiaceous family. [...]
 - Improve the efficiency and productivity of food handling and processing in the community and everyone benefits. There are no losers. Access to a more secure supply of foods and raw materials for manufacturing provides for more employment, enhances incomes and brings greater prosperity to people. [...]
FAO Diversification Booklets
 - 'The training guide is designed to serve as a learning and training resource for practitioners and trainers respectively, working on the post-harvest management of non-traditional tree fruit crops. The guide describes general post-harvest handling principles applicable to horticultural crops and documents good post-harvest handling practice for exotic fruit produced [...]
 - The Manual on Home-based Fruit and Vegetable Processing is composed of two books. This book is designed to complement Book One, "Principles of post-harvest handling, storage and processing of fruits and vegetables", by providing recipes and guidance that will enable you to put into practice [...]
 - A guide for handling for cabbage, carrot, hot pepper, lettuce, sweet potato and tomato.
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