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Potential of Postharvest Extension Service Delivery in Reducing Food Losses: A Study of Two Periodic Markets in the Eastern Region of Ghana

AgroEnvironmental Sustainability
This study assessed the current status and potential of postharvest extension in reducing food losses at the Adawso and Asesewa periodic markets in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Vida Opoku Edusei, William Odoom, Yaw Gyau Akyereko, Araba Dhailly Arkorful, Ryan Kusi Osei-Asibey, Maxwell Adu, John Owusu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Chemical and Thermal Treatments on Control Rhizopus stolonifer Fruit Infection Comparing Tomato Cultivars with Different Sensitivities to Cracking [PDF]

, 2019
Tomatoes are among the most important horticultural crops; however, it is estimated that 30% of tomato yield is lost due to postharvest rot due to Rhizopus stolonifer, a fungus which requires lesions to initiate the infectious process.
Alfaro Sifuentes, Liliana, Elorrieta Jove, María Antonia, Juan Cazorla, Melchor, Meca, David Erick, Troncoso Rojas, Rosalba, Valenzuela Manjón-Cabeza, Juan Luis   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Field‐level crop choice responses to weather‐induced yield shocks in the US Corn Belt

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract As climate change increases the frequency and severity of extreme heat events, farmers are expected to face greater variability in crop yields. Using 10 million field‐level observations, this study examines how farmers in the US Corn Belt adjust corn–soybean rotation decisions in response to yield shocks largely driven by weather fluctuations.
Seunghyun Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing adoption of grain postharvest technology by smallholder farmers: a five-pronged strategy

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Grain postharvest losses (PHLs) reduce food security, income stability, and climate resilience among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Theresa Nakoma-Ngoma, Theresa Nakoma-Ngoma, John F. Leslie, Maurice Monjerezi, Brighton M. Mvumi, Tafireyi Chamboko, Elija Kamundi, Andrew Thadzi, Bertha Kachala, Aggrey Pemba Gama, Beston Maonga, Jagger Harvey, Limbikani Matumba   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in the development of a tomato postharvest storage system: towards eradicating postharvest losses

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019
AbstractThe production of tomatoes has experienced a huge rise over the years as a result of its economic, nutritional and cancer reduction importance. Despite the rapid advancement of technology in the past century, storage of tomato fruits remains a major problem experienced in the postharvest chain in most developing countries.
O.B. Ayomide, O.O. Ajayi, A.A. Ajayi
openaire   +1 more source

Smart food‐sharing platforms for social sustainability: a heuristic algorithm approach

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how smart food‐sharing platforms (SFSP) can help reduce food waste and suggests a method for using smart contracts to share extra food among different partners effectively. For smart contracts to work automatically and prevent food wastage, artificial intelligence systems can recognize how smart clauses should be executed ...
Behzad Maleki Vishkaei, Pietro De Giovanni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The multidimensional regulation roles and mechanisms of calcium in fruit quality

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
This review explores how calcium signaling molecule integrates plant hormones, environmental cues, and developmental signals to influence external fruit traits, internal nutritional properties, and physiological disorders. ABSTRACT Calcium (Ca2+), a dual‐functional mineral that serves both as an essential structural factor and a signaling molecule ...
Fei Jiang, Siyang Gao, Mengdi Li, Zeqi Zhao, Chengwei Yang, Ji‐Hong Liu, Chunlong Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the minimal cost of delivering nutrition‐specific and nutrition‐sensitive interventions in Ethiopia

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
The minimum cost of the 10 years on identified nutrition‐specific and nutrition‐sensitive interventions of the National Food and Nutrition Strategy in Ethiopia is estimated to be US$ 2.55bn with an average annual cost of $250 million over 10 years (2021–2030), which is only 2.3% of the Ethiopian Annual GDP 111.27 billion US dollars in 2021 (World bank).
Yetayesh Maru, Firehiwot Mesfin, Arnaud Laillou, Ramadhani Noor, Shiva Raj Adhikari, Meseret Zelalem, Hiwot Darsene, Solomon Memire, Andarge Abie, Stanley Chitekwe   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

SUGAR LOSSES DURING THE POSTHARVEST WASHING OF SUGARCANE

The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 1972
SUGAR LOSSES DURING THE POSTHARVEST WASHING OF ...
Rafael Montalvo-Zapata, Alex G. Alexander   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

<i>In Vitro</i> and <i>In Planta</i> Botanical Control of Banana Postharvest Disease Causing Fungi. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
Botanical (Aloevera + Garlic) extract reduced the L. theobromae growth (in vitro) and postharvest disease (crown‐rot and brown spot or fruit freckle) development (in planta) in banana without any adverse effect on the physiochemical properties such as weight, colour, firmness and TSS.
Hossain A, Akter F, Ghosh P, Naimul Islam SM, Bhuiyan MAB, Siddique SS.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources