The Intelligent Container for Banana Transport Supervision and Ripening

Jedermann, R.; Praeger, Ulrike; Geyer, Michaël; Moehrke, Axel; Lang, Walter

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2015.1091.26

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“…However, the continent also had the second-highest proportion of unintended pregnancies brought to term (31%) (16). Despite the high prevalence of children born from unintended pregnancies in the region, we could not identify studies looking at the early development effects of being born from unintended pregnancies in South America.…”

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confidence: 94%

Unwanted or Mistimed Pregnancy and Developmental Issues in Ecuadorian Children Aged 3 to 5: A Doubly Robust Estimate Using Data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018

Delgado‐Ron

Andrade‐Rivas

2023

Matern Child Health J

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Background: Past studies in high-income countries have shown an association between unintended (unwanted or mistimed) pregnancy and child development; no national-level studies in low-and-middle-income countries have been conducted. Moreover, extant studies often adjust for potential mediators, underestimating the average population effect. Methods: We aimed to estimate the effect of unintended pregnancy on early childhood development in Ecuadorian children aged 3 to 5, participating in the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018. We used a design-based doubly robust estimate. First, we used propensity score matching to identify a subsample equally likely to come from a desired vs. unintended pregnancy. Then, we used a regression model to explore the relation of maternal pregnancy intentions with early development. Results: Among 1,694 observations representing 162,285 Ecuadorian children, unintended pregnancy associated with developmental delays (odds ratio: 1.56; 95% confidence interval: 1.06; 2.29), after adjusting for all relevant confounders. Unintended pregnancy was also negatively associated with all four early childhood development index domains, socio-emotional development being the most affected. Discussion: Our doubly robust design found evidence of the relation between the maternal perception of pregnancy and early child development. Addressing this relation to achieve reproductive justice entails considering a wide spectrum of population health and legal interventions to allow adequate access to education, contraception, and safe abortion. Moreover, pre-and post-natal check-ups could screen for unintended pregnancy and provide support accordingly.

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Unwanted or Mistimed Pregnancy and Developmental Issues in Ecuadorian Children Aged 3 to 5: A Doubly Robust Estimate Using Data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018

Delgado‐Ron

Andrade‐Rivas

2023

Matern Child Health J

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“…If cooling is interrupted during transport and temperature rises, bananas will begin to metabolise faster and may begin the process of ripening such that on arrival in the EU the consignment arrives in a poor quality. Jedermann et al (2015) report that this occurs to a 'low percentage of containers'. Should this happen, the detection at the port of entry of one single yellow banana in a single box in a single container could mean that the whole container is rejected (R. Swennen, pers.…”

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“…Jedermann et al. (2015) report that this occurs to a ‘low percentage of containers’. Should this happen, the detection at the port of entry of one single yellow banana in a single box in a single container could mean that the whole container is rejected (R. Swennen, pers.…”

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Scientific opinion on the import of Musa fruits as a pathway for the entry of non‐EU Tephritidae into the EU territory

Bragard¹,

Dehnen‐Schmutz²,

Serio³

et al. 2021

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Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health examined evidence as to whether the import of fruits of Musa (bananas and plantains) could provide a pathway into the EU for Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) or other non‐ EU Tephritidae for which Musa is a host. Relevant scientific and technical information, including unpublished information provided to the EFSA Panel on Plant Health by the European Commission from research conducted in Cabo Verde, were taken into account. The majority of EU imports of Musa fruit comes from Ecuador, Colombia and Costa Rica where B. dorsalis does not occur. Commercial Musa fruits are harvested at ‘green stage one’ before they begin to ripen naturally. Postharvest processes are designed to ensure that only high quality, unripe fruit are exported. Green stage one fruit are transported to the EU in controlled conditions and stimulated to ripen when exposed to exogenous ethylene in ripening rooms in the EU . There is no evidence that any Tephritidae can naturally infest commercial varieties of Musa fruit at green stage one or earlier. When experimentally infested with eggs of Tephritidae, larvae fail to develop in green stage one fruit. Physical and chemical changes that occur during fruit ripening enable B. dorsalis and 11 other species of Tephritidae to oviposit and develop in Musa at later stages of fruit development. Reports of B. dorsalis or other Tephritidae infesting bunches of Musa fruit are a consequence of the fruit being left to develop beyond green stage one in the field. There is no evidence that commercially grown fruits of Musa , for export to the EU , provide a pathway for the entry of non‐ EU Tephritidae. Passengers bringing Musa fruit from countries where Tephritidae can infest ripened Musa fruit do however provide a potential pathway for the entry of non‐ EU Tephritidae into the EU territory.

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