Resources Tagged: Postharvest Management

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  1. FAO - Small-Scale Postharvest Handling Practices: A Manual for Horticultural Crops

    Effective management during the postharvest period, rather than the level of sophistication of any given technology, is the key in reaching the desired objectives. While large scale operations may benefit from investing in costly handling machinery and high-tech postharvest treatments, often...
    Small Scale Horticulture Postharvest Manage... Food Processing Key Resource

  2. Guidelines: How to Measure Harvest and Post-Harvest Losses

    These guidelines aim to measure harvest and post-harvest losses for food grains (cereals and pulses). They presentFAO’srecommended methods to estimate food grain losses to allow countries to monitor SDG 12.3.1 (food losses along the supply chain).They present cost-effective methods that could be...
    French language Pulses Cereals English language FAO Harvest Management Postharvest Manage... Postharvest Systems Food Loss Post Harvest

  3. FM 2004 LEISA Magazine Vol 20 #3

    2004-09-20 Taking human beings into account Producing for the family Post-harvest fisheries Improving dairy products and market links Managing livestock by-products in Iran Improved matmuras: effective but underutilized Traditional storage structures still going strong Changing storage practices The...
    Vegetables-Preserv... Postharvest Manage... Cassav Hunger Silos Biodiversity Crop Storage Dairy Products Fisheries-Economics Vegetable Storage Cassava Fisheries Storage

  4. Harvesting and Storing Okra

    Access Agriculture Training Video Harvest the soft okra every two days, so they don’t become ripe. But leave the smallest ones for the next harvest. If you leave the pods on the plant to become ripe, this takes energy from the plant and slows down new growth. An okra plant whose pods are...
    Harvest Management Postharvest Manage... Storing Vegetables AccessAgriculture Okra

  5. Extending Postharvest Life of Fresh Produce

    2023-07-13 Food production is important, but farmers must also protect against crop loss prior to consumption or sale. Fresh fruit and vegetables are high in value but susceptible to spoilage. Improving post-harvest practices helps farmers make profitable sales. This can be a difference between a successful...
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  6. Fruit Leathers

    2020-09-09 Delicious snacks that you can make at home. This book explains how to make fruit leathers as a way of preserving a plentiful harvest. This uses material from "Practical Action" with kind permission. This edition published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by MissionAssist.
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  7. Harvesting Fruit the Easy Way

    2020-05-30 Some methods of harvesting fruit are dangerous and damage the fruit. Using a container on the end of a stick is safe and fruit can be picked without damage. This uses material taken fromFootsteps- the literacy publication of TEAR Fund - with kind permission.This edition was published in the...
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