Reducing post harvest losses of litchi by processing

Perspectives to Reducing Post-harvest Losses of Agricultural Products in Africa

Post - Harvest Food Losses Estimation - Development of Consistent Methodology

Current world population is expected to reach 10.5 billion by 2050 (UN March, 2013), further adding to global food security concerns. This increase translates into 33% more human mouths to feed, with the greatest demand growth in the poor communities of the world. According to Alexandratos and Bruinsma (2012), food supplies would need to increase by 60% (estimated at 2005 food production levels...

Microorganisms affecting Post-Harvest Sucrose Losses in Sugarcane

Sucrose losses after cane harvest is one of the most important problems in sugarcane crop particularly for millers and farmers. Loss in sucrose after harvesting causes low sugar recovery in mills. There are a large number of factors associated with low sugar recovery such as varietal type, atmospheric conditions, time lag, etc. Sucrose losses occurring in postharvest sugarcane are generally of ...

Harvest and Post-harvest Operations

Harvest and post-harvest operations constitute principal constraints to rice production, especially in irrigated systems, because of the larger yield that has to be handled. Post-harvest crop losses of up to 35% have been reported and attributed to inefficiency of manual threshing of rice by small-scale farmers. This leads to poor grain quality and rejection of locally produced rice. The Africa...

Soybean Field Losses as Influenced by Harvest Delays

Conflicts for time and machinery can postpone harvests beyond the initial time when optimum conditions exist. This study was conduced to determine the effects of delaying soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] harvests on grain losses in the field. Field studies were conducted each year from 1983 to 1986 at Arlington, WI. Two cultivars from each of maturity groups (MG) 0, I, and II, one more suscepti...