Post-harvest loss and quality deterioration of horticultural crops in Dire Dawa Region, Ethiopia

Kasso, Mohammed; Bekele, Afework

doi:10.1016/j.jssas.2016.01.005

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“…Fresh vegetables are one of the products being transported by road. In Ethiopia, the assessment of post-harvest loss and deterioration of agricultural crops showed that the main loss occurred during harvesting, transportation and storage, approximately 15-45% [4]. Similarly, from our interview with the loss of vegetables in Thailand, the loss is about 20-50%.…”

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Reduce Loss during Transportation: A Case Study of Fresh Vegetables in Thailand

Rattanawong

Ongkunaruk

2018

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The cold chain management is the temperature control process which is essential for maintain the quality of fresh produce from upstream to the consumer in the supply chain so that the loss is minimized. Our objectives are to monitor the temperature during transportation, analyses and identify the problem cause loss of fresh vegetables by using causal-loop diagram. We monitor the temperature during transportation of fresh vegetables from a farm in Northern Thailand to a packing house in the central

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Reduce Loss during Transportation: A Case Study of Fresh Vegetables in Thailand

Rattanawong

Ongkunaruk

2018

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“…Nekvapil et al [10] introduced a Raman coefficient into a linear decreasing quality decay to assess the freshness of different citrus groups. Besides, some other quantitative measures for agri-products quality decay were also investigated, for example, the Tobit regression model in Chen et al [11], Weibull distribution in Qin et al [12], the weight analysis method in Kasso et al [13], and the Gompertz model and Arrhenius equation in Bruckner et al [14].…”

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“…Ahumada and Villalobos [34] established an operational model of harvest and distribution of fresh agri-products and concluded that increasing vehicles could reduce the freshness cost. Rong et al [13] presented a mixed integer linear model for food production and distribution planning in a food supply chain. Soto-Silva et al [35] proposed a programming model to optimize the purchasing, transporting, and storing decisions for a fresh apple processing plant.…”

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Integrated Harvest and Distribution Scheduling with Time Windows of Perishable Agri-Products in One-Belt and One-Road Context

2018

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Abstract:The unique characteristics of perishable agri-products are a short lifespan and rapid quality deterioration. This establishes the need to significantly reduce the time from harvest to distribution. These features require reducing the processing time from harvest to distribution to being as short as possible. In this study, we focus on an integrated perishable agri-products scheduling problem that combines harvest and distribution simultaneously, with the purpose of reducing processing time and quality decay. We propose this problem as a mixed integer nonlinear programming model (MINLP) to optimize the harvest time and the vehicle routing to consumers, and this MINIP is formulated as a vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW). We introduce a big M method to transform the nonlinear model into a linear model, then apply CPLEX to solve the transformed model. Numerical experiments and sensitive analysis are conducted to verify the efficiency of the proposed model and to provide managerial insights.

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“…However, qualitative loss in apple production can have a negative impact on different parameters like consumer acceptability, nutrient status of fruit and financial income to producers. Pests, microbial infection mostly cause Post-harvest losses and quality deterioration of horticultural crops including apple, natural ripening processes and environmental conditions such as heat, drought and improper post-harvest handling (Onyeani et al, 2012;Kasso and Bekele, 2016). However, a large number of fungicides have been reported to be effective against this particular pathogen (B. dothidea) worldwide, but intermittent and faulty use of distinct chemicals over the years has led to the development of environmental contamination and health hazards (Okigbo and Ogbomaya, 2006 For these reasons, it is necessary to develop new and effective control methodologies that are safe and show an insignificant risk to consumer health and environment.…”

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Use of local bioresources for post-harvest management of white rot of apple caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea

Sharma

Raj

2018

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Post-harvest fungal pathogens are reported to cause 10 to 25 percent losses in apple. Among various pathogens, white rot caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea is one of the important post-harvest diseases. Incidence of white rot was recorded between3.0-14.1 percent in important marketing yards of Himachal Pradesh. Golden Delicious variety of apple has been found to be most susceptible to white rot pathogen. Two botanical formulations by mixing equal quantity of leaves of Karu (Roylea elegans), Artemisia (Artemisia roxburghiana), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Bana (Vitex negundo), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) and seeds of Darek (Melia azedarach) made in water and cowurine were evaluated against the white rot pathogen. Fruit dip for 30 minutes in cow urine based formulation did not allowed the disease development to form lesions in artificially inoculated apple fruits. Also, fruits dipped in cow urine based formulation followed by their storage in card board boxes at room temperature (25± 3 0 C) for 30 days storage had minimum incidence (2.8%) of white rot disease. Therefore, dip treatment of apple fruits with different bio -resources including water and cow urine based botanical formulation separately proved effective in the management of white rot (Botryosphaeria dothidea) of apple.

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Post-harvest loss and quality deterioration of horticultural crops in Dire Dawa Region, Ethiopia

Cited by 113 publications

References 4 publications

Reduce Loss during Transportation: A Case Study of Fresh Vegetables in Thailand

Reduce Loss during Transportation: A Case Study of Fresh Vegetables in Thailand

Integrated Harvest and Distribution Scheduling with Time Windows of Perishable Agri-Products in One-Belt and One-Road Context

Use of local bioresources for post-harvest management of white rot of apple caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea

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