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Post-harvest technologies & techniques

Prevention of post harvest food losses training manual

A training manual of strategies to prevent post-harvest fruit losses.

Topics include:
- Nutrition and fresh produce
- Pre-harvest factors in produce marketing
- Perishability and produce losses
- Harvesting and field handling
- Packaging of fruit, vegetables and root crops
- Packing houses and equipment
- Transport
- Post-harvest treatments
- Storage
- Preservation methods for fruit, vegetables and root crops
- Marketing systems and strategies

 

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