Optimizing Flat Design for Forced-air Cooling of Blueberries Packaged in Plastic Clamshells

Leyte, Jerry C.; Forney, Charles F.

doi:10.21273/horttech.9.2.202

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“…3 Previous research studies have shown that prost-harvest practices such as harvesting at correct maturity, careful handling, proper transportation are very important before storing in cold storage in order to reduce post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables. [4][5][6][7] At present, there are lack of studies available for investigate fruits and vegetable post-harvest losses and technology gaps in Sri Lanka. Therefore, objective of this review is to investigate causes for postharvest losses of fruits and vegetables, and present status of fruits and vegetable supply chain in Sri Lanka; from farmer level to up to consumer.…”

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Reducing post-harvest losses in fruits and vegetables for ensuring food security – Case of Sri Lanka

Rajapaksha¹,

Gunathilake²,

Pathirana³

et al. 2021

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In Sri Lanka, 70% of 21 million population live in non-urban areas, and agriculture provides livelihood for approximately 40% of them. The agricultural marketing process in the country is a complex operation due to services and functions involved in moving a crop product from where it was produced to where it would finally be consumed. Further, with a wide range of agricultural crops being produced, post-harvest handling process create different degrees of quantitative and qualitative losses in a complex market chain, which are estimated at 20% to 40% for vegetables and 30% - 40% for fruits. Improper and non-scientific post-harvest practices and handling, gaps in integration of cold chain practices & elements with post-harvest process, and lack of knowledge & awareness on many related aspects at grass root farmer level etc. appear to contribute to losses that finally prevent due economic benefits reaching the small-scale producer. In order to increase the effectiveness of post-harvest process handling of fruit and vegetables, appropriate corrective measures targeting small scale producers as well as commercial scale producers need to be popularized and practiced. At small scale producer level, promotion of appropriate low-cost post-harvest practices and procedures, facilitating low-cost cold chain elements and user-friendly information flow mechanism on market situation would certainly help avoid some of the steps that lead to losses. Monitoring system of commercial post-harvest handling process that ensure scientific bulk handling, storage and transportation of fruit and vegetables, properly designed economic centers with well regulated environmentcontrolled storages etc. would greatly reduce loses in bulk handling, ensuring better food security in the island.

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confidence: 99%