Assessment of Fruit and Vegetable Losses at Major Wholesale Markets in Nepal

Devkota, Anjana; Dhakal, Dinesh; Gautam, Devendra; Dutta, Jusmita

doi:10.3126/ijasbt.v2i4.11551

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“…From these observations, it is evident that the major factor causing the loss of the produce was the lack of storage facility followed by inappropriate packaging and poor handling of the produce, and finally poor quality of the produce. Our findings substantiate the report by Devkota et al (2014) who reported that lack of cold store and inappropriate packaging facility had significant effect on postharvest losses of fruit in Nepal. Similarly, Zenebe et al (2015) identified storage condition and transportation practice as important determinants for the postharvest loss of banana in Ethiopia.…”

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“…Improper harvesting and postharvest handling practices result in loss due to spoilage of the produce before reaching to consumers along with the loss in quality of the produce such as deterioration in appearance, taste and nutritional value. The high perishable nature of fruit, lack of storage facilities, mechanical injuries due to improper handling, packaging, transportation, and microbial infection are the major reasons for postharvest loss in fruits (Devkota et al, 2014). Zenebe et al (2015) pointed out market distance, duration of transport, storage condition, storage duration, duration of ripening, ripening room types, means of transport, and experience in banana marketing as important determinants of the postharvest loss of banana in Ethiopia.…”

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Assessment of fruit postharvest handling practices and losses in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Dessalegn¹,

Assefa²,

Derso³

et al. 2016

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Demand for fresh fruit is steadily increasing in big cities of Northwestern Ethiopia. As a result, fruits are transported from nearby as well as long distance sources to urban centers such as Bahir Dar. The type of fruit crops available in the market and number of fruit retailers are increasing from time to time. However, the key challenge facing the sector is loss across the supply chain. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to analyze fruit marketing practices, document causes and extent of postharvest losses in Bahir Dar fruit market. The study was conducted in June 2016 using semi structured questionnaire. Thirty-one fruit retailers were randomly selected and interviewed to obtain information on their socio-economic characteristics, fruit marketing practices and postharvest losses. Data analyzed using SPSS statistical software. Results revealed that, 77.4% fruit retailers are less than 31 years old, 67.8% attended above primary school education, and 83.9% have less than six years fruit trading experience. Therefore, fruit retailers are young and educated but have very limited fruit trading experience. Of the seven fruit crops commonly sold in Bahir Dar market; mango, banana and avocado were the most prevalent. The average shelf life of fruits in retailers' hand is only 3 to 4 days and about 20% of the fruits purchased by retailers lost before reaching to consumers mainly due to inappropriate handling and lack of proper storage facility. Therefore, multifaceted interventions such as capacity development, improved fruit production and harvesting practice, and proper storage and transportation facilities establishment are required to reduce postharvest loss and extend fruit shelf-life.

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Section: Causes Of Fruit Postharvest Losssupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of fruit postharvest handling practices and losses in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Dessalegn¹,

Assefa²,

Derso³

et al. 2016

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…The uncontrolled environmental condition cause rapid rate of transpiration and piling of the fruits cause the bruising damage. Devkota et al (2014) reported that 51% of the loss was due to rotting, 22 % was due to mechanical damage and 27% physiological loss during handling, marketing and transportation of fruits.…”

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Modified atmosphere packaging of capsicum for extending shelf life under coolbot condition

Poudel

Gautam

Ghimire

et al. 2021

J. Agric. Nat. Res.

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Capsicum is one of the high value vegetable crops in Nepal. Its demand in kitchen is increasing due to urbanization and increased awareness on its health benefit. Its commercial cultivation has been started in protected as well as open field conditions. It fetches higher price in market but has very short storage life under ordinary storage condition. An experiment was carried out to evaluate the modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on extension of shelf-life of capsicum fruit. Fruit were harvested at full mature stage with smooth and shiny appearance from farmer's field grown under protected condition at Chitwan, Nepal. The fruits were brought to postharvest laboratory of National Horticulture Research Centre, pre-cooled for 3-4 hours, cleaned with muslin cloth and packed in 25 micron Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) packaging with different number of pinhole sized perforations viz. without pinholes, eight pinholes, sixteen pinholes, twenty four pinholes and control (without MAP). The study was conducted in completely randomized block design with five treatments and four replications. Fruits were kept at coolbot storage (9.8+2 ºC, 86+5% RH) till 30 days and analyzed for various postharvest physical, chemical and physiological parameters at every 10, 20 and 30 days of storage. The result showed that LDPE packaging influenced on reduction of physiological loss in weight (PLW), spoilage loss, ascorbic acid content, TA, freshness, firmness and shelf life. The modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) without pinholes showed the minimum PWL (1.71%) and the optimum fruit freshness (4.76) but the spoilage loss was the maximum (14%). Among the packaging, MAP with 8 pinholes maintained majority of postharvest quality retention with reduced physiological loss in weight (4.15 %), freshness (4.5) and spoilage loss (2%).

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“…Successful agribusiness entrepreneurship should be supported and promoted by the investment on basic infrastructures such as strong research and development systems, construction of irrigation channels, link roads, and power, marketing systems, storage facilities etc. Huge amounts of fruits and vegetables are wasted everyday due to the lack of proper post-harvest facilities at the fruit and vegetable wholesale markets (Devkota et al, 2014).…”

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A Swot Analysis of Agribusiness Entrepreneurship in Nepal

Regmi¹,

Naharki²

2020

Food.agr.manag.

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Agribusiness entrepreneurship has potential to generate growth, diversify income, and provide widespread employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. Nepal is an agrarian nation where one third of the GDP comes from agriculture. Nepal possesses numerous opportunities in agribusiness entrepreneurship mainly because of varied agro-climate, rich plant biodiversity, niche specific commodities and export potentiality prevailed in the country. A shift from subsistence agriculture to robust, vibrant and commercial agriculture through technology led agribusiness entrepreneurship is an essential pathway to revitalize Nepalese agriculture as an attractive and profitable venture. This review paper presents SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis of agribusiness entrepreneurship in Nepal. It also highlights the existing opportunities which can be further strengthened to augment agribusiness entrepreneurship potentiality.

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Assessment of Fruit and Vegetable Losses at Major Wholesale Markets in Nepal

Cited by 27 publications

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Assessment of fruit postharvest handling practices and losses in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Assessment of fruit postharvest handling practices and losses in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Modified atmosphere packaging of capsicum for extending shelf life under coolbot condition

A Swot Analysis of Agribusiness Entrepreneurship in Nepal

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