Post-harvest losses represent a significant threat to food security and farmer incomes worldwide. It is an inefficiency in the global food production system that is avoidable. In deducing principles of designing and implementing agricultural extension programs to reduce post-harvest losses, valuable lessons can be gleaned from the handful of previous extension projects and programs addressing p...

abstract leafy vegetables such as lettuce are more susceptible to post harvest losses, thus application desirable treatments can be recommendable. generally, type of packaging, such as modified atmosphere packaging (map) and wrapping can considerably suppress post harvest loss of horticultural products. in this study, the effects of polypropylene film (thickness 30 and 40 micron) wrapping and m...

To avoid losses from sprouting during potato storage, the anti-sprouting agent chlorpropham [CIPC] has been widely used over past few decades. However, European Union recently decided not to authorize renewal of CIPC, prompting value chain find alternative treatments. We assessed for three years potential pre- and post-harvest treatments replace CIPC using four potato-processing varieties. Pre-...