This study analyses how the level of postharvest technology’s development influences the economic efficiency of apple production with the help of a deterministic simulation model based on primary data gathering in producer undertakings. To accomplish our objectives and to support our hypotheses three processing plant types are included in the model: firstly apple production with no postharvest ...

List of Tables iv List of Figures v Foreword vi Acknowledgments vii Summary viii 1. Research Questions and Motivation for Policy Analysis 1 2. Contents 3.1 Average total number of person-days worked by household members in the production of the main meher harvest, 1991 15 3.2 Time spent by household members on post-harvest activities, livestock activities, and non-farm activities (average total...

Grapes are one of the important fruit crop in the world, with production rates of approx. 50 million tons per year (Schieber et al., 2001). Grapes can be decay during pre harvest and post harvest and post harvest decay of grapes can be due to physical, physiological, or pathological factors. Rachis dehydration is a main decay factor (physical deterioration) of grapes during the pre or postharve...

Assessment of dormancy inception, maintenance and release was studied for artificially dried immature seeds harvested throughout seed development in the barley cv. Triumph and its mutant line TL43. Each was grown in Spain and Scotland under low and high dormancy inducing conditions, respectively. Both TL43 and Triumph followed a similar pattern of release from dormancy across the seasons, altho...