Peach is an important fruit; however, its perishability limits availability to the consumers. The present study fosters a low-cost preservation method of peach involving osmotic dehydration at 35–45?C using sugar solution (50–70?Brix) for 60–180 minutes. conditions (OD) slices in terms maximum water loss (WL), rehydration ratio (RR), minimum solute gain (SG) with optimum hardness, and overall a...

Leafy vegetables play a crucial role in the human diet providing numerous nutrients and health benefiting compounds. like collard (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum l.) are commonly consumed leafy Kenya. However, their high perishability short shelf life (usually 1-2 days at ambient temperature) limits utilization resulting significant postharvest losses. This st...

The object of this research is the design an affordable desiccant dryer for local farmers seed and vegetable drying. subsequent increase in food production has led to accompanying need easy, safe, preservation methods. This a substantial number driers, which are expensive acquire. Seeds certain vegetables do not well, under high heat used most dryers drying as process often final step before pa...

One of the important aspects of distribution optimization problems is simultaneously, controlling the inventory while devising the best vehicle routing, which is a famous problem, called inventory-routing problem (IRP). When the lot-sizing decisions are jointed with IRP, the problem will get more complicated called production inventory-routing problem (PIRP). To become closer to the real life p...

Perishability of blood products as well as uncertainty in demand amounts complicate the management of blood supply for blood centers. This paper addresses a mixed-integer linear programming model for blood platelets production planning while integrating the processes of blood collection as well as production/testing, inventory control and distribution. Whole blood-derived production methods for...

the study examined prospects of selected forest fruits and vegetables in enugu north agricultural zone of enugu state, nigeria. structured interview schedule and focus group discussion were used to collect data from a sample of one hundred and twenty (120) respondents. data were analyzed using matrix rank ordering, percentage, mean scores and standard deviation. results of the study identified ...

This study analyzed gender roles in tomato production Municipal Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria. The described socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, examined activities carried out production, estimated costs and returns identified constraints faced by farmers area. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted a well structured questionnaire with scheduled interview were used to el...

Perishable products require special handling measures that may have social and environmental impacts along with their well-known economic aspects. Therefore, the sustainability of food supply chains has gained ground; however, perishable chains, is still not a fully explored field study. in this research, multi-objective mathematical programming model developed to optimize cost, energy consumpt...

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the most significant and frequently produced vegetable crops. However, because its high perishability, keeping quality from farm to market a challenging problem. Various techniques have been employed reduce postharvest losses extend shelf life vegetables fruits. Recently, another approach application eco-friendly elicitors as essential oils-EOs prevent fr...