Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124081371 ISBN 13: 9780124081376

Publisher: Academic Press, 2014

Synopsis

Postharvest Handling, Third Edition takes a global perspective in offering a system of measuring, monitoring, and managing produce processing to improve food quality, minimize food waste, reduce risks and uncertainties, and maximize time and resources. This unique resource provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, and offers essential tools to monitor and control the handling process. It shows how to predict and combat unexpected events (e.g., spoilage), and manage the food quality and safety within a facility. Proven research methods and applications from various viewpoints are available to help you maintain high-quality produce and achieve the highest yields possible. The book also explores current challenges―including oversupply, waste, food safety, lack of resources, sustainability―and best practices for production to thrive in spite of these challenges.

• Presents current research methods and applications in temperature control and heat treatments to help minimize moisture content, to prevent spoilage and mold, and more
• Addresses challenges of traceability and sustainability
• Presents testing and measurement techniques and applications
• Provides technological tools to create crop value and improve both food safety and food quality

About this title

About the Authors

Wojciech J. Florkowski has over 18 years of experience in research, project management, and training. His areas of specialization and expertise include agricultural economics and international business with emphasis on marketing and consumer studies, technology transfer and assessment, environmental policy analysis, and research policy. He is the author of over 200 publications on a variety of economic, marketing, consumer and policy issues, including the problems of agricultural productivity, policy, consumer willingness-to-pay and price behavior. He co-edited “Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach” (3rd edition)

Nigel Banks worked as a Professor of Postharvest Technology at Massey University and at ZESPRI as General Manager for Innovation, where he learned branding, growers, consumers, ways to connect them and the added value of an outstanding team. Through Postharvest.Co, Nigel is exploring new ways to connect postharvesters, art, online tools and learning with an eye to the increasingly pressing needs of our future world.

Robert L Shewfelt is Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia. He advises more than 50 students and has taught 11 different courses in the past two years ranging from Freshman Seminars in Chocolate Science and Coffee Technology to graduate-level courses in Food Research & the Scientific Method. Dr. Shewfelt was also the 2006 recipient of the Cruess Award for Excellence in Teaching of IFT. He co-edited “Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach” (3rd edition)

From the Back Cover

Understand the physical and economic impacts of

postharvest handling decisions

Supply chain decisions can have significant impact on subsequent stages of the produce handling process, affecting not only the physical state of the product at delivery, but the economic result as well. Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach is unique in its presentation of the multiple factors that must be taken into consideration for a successful processing event.

Revised and updated, this second edition explores the logistics of handling fruits and vegetables from a variety of perspectives. Leading experts present important insights into postharvest handling under varying weather conditions, assuring quality control, changes in consumer habits and other key factors including overall supply chain management.

Key Features:

• New chapters on:

• Evolution of postharvest handling in the freshcut industry
• Local produce suppliers
• Global relevance of quality management, standards and traceability
• Consumer acceptance of taste and nutrition
• Application-based information for all stages of decision-making including handling issues during sorting, storage, and freshcut processing
• Emerging issues in fresh produce including increased emphasis on safety, consumer health, taste and latent damage, as well as the importance of preharvest conditions for the postharvest quality

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0124081371
• ISBN 13: 9780124081376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Florkowski Wojciech J., Banks Nigel H., Shewfelt Robert L., Prussia Stanley E.