World Food Preservation Center Book Series
Cold Chain Management for the Fresh Produce Industry in the Developing World
1st Edition
Edited
By Vijay Yadav Tokala, Majeed Mohammed
December 15, 2022
Global food losses are a result of a lack of necessary infrastructure, improper food safety handling procedures, and insufficient training for the personnel working in the cold chain. The development of a resource-efficient and energy-smart food supply chain requires a well-integrated evaluation ...
Synthetic Pesticide Use in Africa: Impact on People, Animals, and the Environment
1st Edition
Edited
By Charles L. Wilson, Don M. Huber
December 15, 2022
A UN report presented to the UN Human Rights Council in 2017 recognized that, “although pesticide use has been correlated with a rise in food production, it has had catastrophic impacts" on human health and the environment. The report acknowledged that “increased food production has not succeeded ...
Bio-management of Postharvest Diseases and Mycotoxigenic Fungi
1st Edition
Edited
By Neeta Sharma, Avantina Bhandari
April 29, 2022
There is an ever-increasing demand for more food but one of the stumbling blocks to achieving this goal is quality and quantity losses due to various pests and pathogens and the mycotoxins synthesized by these harmful biotic entities. Thus far, strategies employed to manage these post-harvest ...