Fresh Produce Packaging
Packaging for Organic Foods
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This guide helps exporters, packers and processors to understand packaging for organic food. Businesses in developing countries, particularly micro and small ones, often lack comprehensive information on market requirements set by importers. This guide on packaging for organic products will help...
International Trade Centre
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Quality of pitaya fruit (Hylocereus undatus) as influenced by storage temperature and packaging
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Pitaya (Hylocereus undatus) is a non-climacteric fruit that reaches its best eating quality when harvested ripe, decreasing thereafter during storage (CHIEN et al., 2007). As a new crop, there have been limited studies focused on extending the postharvest quality of pitaya fruit. The main...
XXII Congresso Brasileiro de Fruticultura
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Impact of Different Packaging Types and Low Temperature Shipping Durations on Fruit Quality and Marketability of Pakistani Mangoes
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Corrugated cardboard boxes are being used for the export of mango fruit worldwide. However, for sea freight, the performance of cardboard box (open vs closed) needs to be evaluated for shipment under low temperature conditions. Under this perspective, two different types of corrugated cardboard...
International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
English | Mango | Packaging | Fresh Produce
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Evaluation of different types of packages for handling and transportation of vegetables.
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Fresh fruits and vegetables are termed perishable commodities because they have an inherent tendency for spoilage due to physiological reasons. Postharvest losses of these crops may occur at any point between harvest and consumption in the marketing process. In developing counties, where...
Sri Lanka
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Empowering Agriculture: Energy options for horticulture
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This guide has been prepared for use by USAID and its partners to assist local horticulture producers in identifying the electrical, mechanical (shaft horsepower), and thermal requirements for various stages of the horticulture process and to assist these producers in selecting suitable...
USAID
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This guide has been prepared for use by USAID and its partners to assist local horticulture producers in identifying the electrical, mechanical (shaft horsepower), and thermal requirements for various stages of the horticulture process and to assist these producers in selecting suitable...
USAID
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Forced Air Cooling of Strawberries in Clamshell Baskets
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Strawberries are increasingly marketed in one poundcapacity, lidded containers (commonly called clamshell baskets). These containers have a reputation of being slow to cool compared to other containers. Manufacturers have responded to this by developing containers with new air vent designs....
Perishables Handling Newsletter
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Postharvest Technology for Small-Scale Produce Marketers: Economic Opportunities, Quality and Food Safety
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This book is the result of many years of fieldwork as consultants in postharvest horticultural handling and processing technology, and has been written to answer the many questions we have been asked as we visited small-scale growers, produce packers, handlers, shippers and marketers...
UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center
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Packaging Material and Ripening Methods Affect Mango Fruit Quality
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These studies were conducted on two major postharvest issues of local mango industry. Firstly, more than 90% mangoes are packed in wooden crates, which are being eliminated in export markets. Secondly, calcium carbide (CaC2) is mostly used for ripening of mango fruit; while, its use is being...
International Journal of Agriculture & Biology
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Envases para frutas y hortalizas frescas
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La calidad con que llegan las frutas al consumidor depende, en gran medida, del material del envase. Dado las exigencias cada vez mayores, tanto del mercado de exportación como del interno, es importante la adecuada selección del material para envase y embalaje. El envase apropiado...
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
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