scholarly journals An Investigation into Major Causes for Postharvest Losses of Horticultural Crops and Their Handling Practice in Debre Markos, North-Western Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Yebirzaf Yeshiwas ◽  
Esubalew Tadele
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Debre Markos ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Postharvest Loss ◽  
North Western ◽  
Western Ethiopia

In developing countries, food systems are mainly characterized by unorganized, traditional supply chains, and limited market infrastructure. Bulk quantity of the harvested produce is lost every year because of the absence of proper postharvest handling and management practices. The current study was conducted to estimate and identify the major causes for postharvest losses of fruits and vegetables in Debre Markos, north-western Ethiopia. Forty respondents who were retailing fruits and vegetables were randomly selected and qualitative and quantitative data were collected by using direct market observation and semistructured questioners. The result of the present study revealed significant differences between sociodemographic factors, handling practices, and postharvest loss. Educational status, selling experience, and packaging material have a significant relationship with postharvest loss. A significant difference was obtained among the transportation methods used, the selling place, storage methods, and materials. The result also indicated that fewer than 20 percent of respondents practiced selling fruits and vegetables in the resident mini shop. The majority of damaged produce was sold at a discount price. Retailers do not have formal knowledge of postharvest handling practices. The average postharvest losses of fruits and vegetables were estimated to be five to eighty-three percent of the market share. Mainly, during retailing, rotting, mechanical damage, poor handling, improper management of temperature and relative humidity, and hygiene problems during handling are among the major causes of postharvest losses. To reduce the high postharvest loss and supply quality products for consumers throughout the year, intervention activities such as the construction of permanent selling place for perishables, practicing various evaporative cooling technologies, outset training, awareness creation, and infrastructures should be effectively and urgently addressed.

scholarly journals Chlorination and Postharvest Disease Control

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.D. Boyette ◽  
D.F. Ritchie ◽  
S.J. Carballo ◽  
S.M. Blankenship ◽  
D.C. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Postharvest Disease ◽  
Postharvest Diseases ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Handling Practices

A significant portion of harvested produce never reaches the consumer due to, postharvest diseases. Various chemicals have been used to reduce the incidence of postharvest diseases. Many of these materials have been removed from the market in recent years due to economic, environmental, or health concerns. Although somewhat limited in the range of diseases controlled, chlorination is effective when combined with proper postharvest handling practices. Additionally, it is a relatively inexpensive postharvest disease control method that poses little threat to health or the environment. The proper use of chlorination in the management of postharvest diseases in fresh fruits and vegetables is discussed.

scholarly journals Determinants of Yam Postharvest Management in the Zabzugu District of Northern Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah ◽  
Bright K. D. Tetteh
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Storage Losses ◽  
Human Element ◽  
Subsistence Farmer ◽  
Postharvest Management ◽  
Postharvest Loss

Postharvest loss reduction has received attention in many policy documents across nations to ensure global food security, particularly in developing countries. Many researchers have examined various options for reducing postharvest losses. We contribute our quota to this scientific discourse by using a different approach. We argue that the human element of managing postharvest loss is central and therefore poses the question of what are the characteristics of the farmer who manages postharvest losses better. We examine this question by using a cross section of yam farmers in the Zabzugu district in Northern Ghana and generate a proportional variable called postharvest management, which measures how effective a farmer works to reduce storage losses. We then use a fractional logistic regression model to examine the determinants of postharvest management. A significant result is that subsistence farmers manage postharvest losses better than commercial farmers. Characteristically, the farmer who effectively manages postharvest losses is a young, subsistence farmer, living in or close to a district capital with fewer household members, has attained formal education, and produces more yam. Efforts to reduce postharvest losses require the provision of access roads to remote towns or providing effective storage techniques and training on postharvest management practices.

scholarly journals Postharvest losses of bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) in selected sub-counties of Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 17529-17544
Author(s):  
CW Gathambiri ◽  
◽  
WO Owino ◽  
S Imathiu ◽  
JN Mbaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Scientists ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Bulb Onion ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Mode Of Transport

Inappropriate postharvest practices such as unsuitable harvesting methods and inadequate curing in bulb onion lead to losses. Postharvest losses in bulb onion contribute to food and nutrition insecurity. Although Kenya has suitable environmental conditions for bulb onion production, its productivity is low, which is attributed to pre-and postharvest factors. Information on bulb onion postharvest losses and their causes in the country is scanty which limits the development of postharvest losses reduction strategies. Therefore, this study was carried out in three major bulb onion growing sub-counties of Kenya namely Mt.Elgon, Buuriand KajiadoEastto determine postharvest practices, causes, and factors influencing postharvest losses of bulb onion. A multi-stage sampling design was used to select the study areas and a total of 166respondents were randomly selected. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using a structured questionnaire to collect information on postharvest handling practices, postharvest loss levels, and their causes at farm level. Data were subjected to descriptive and logistic regression analysis using Statistical Package for Social Scientists(SPSS) software version 2.0. Results indicated that 68% of the respondents were males and with an average age of40 years in the three sites. Forty-eight percent of the respondents used leaves toppling, and 25% used drying of upper leaves as maturity indices. About 42% of the respondents used machete (panga) as a harvesting tool which significantly (P<0.05) influenced postharvest losses. Seventy seven percent of the respondents indicated that up to 30% of postharvest losses occurred at farm level. Forty percent of the respondents indicated that bulb onion rots caused 10 % loss at farm level. The level of education and mode of transport (bicycles and donkeys) significantly (P<0.05) influenced postharvest losses. It was concluded that the postharvest losses at farm levelwas30%andwere mainly caused by rotting. Socio-economic characteristics and postharvest handling practices influenced bulb onion losses at farm level. Development of postharvest losses reduction strategies on bulb onions focusing on alleviating rotting through appropriate postharvest handling practices at farm level was recommended.

scholarly journals Kontribusi Usahatani Kakao terhadap Pendapatan Rumah Tangga Petani di Desa Pangsan, Kecamatan Petang, Kabupaten Badung

2018 ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
ELTA DINA PARTIWI ◽  
I WAYAN BUDIASA ◽  
I WAYAN WIDYANTARA
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Average Income ◽  
Total Household Income ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Cocoa Farmers

Contribution of Cocoa Farming to Farmers Household Incomein Pangsan Village, Petang District, Badung Regency The study aims to determine the sources of cocoa farmers' income, and the largecontribution of cocoa farming to the income of the farmers' households in PangsanVillage, as well as to find out the physical management practices and postharvesthandling applied by the cocoa farmers. The technique of determining the sample wasby using proportional random sampling and the sample was taken randomly to selectthe sample by lottery method with the number of samples of 34 cocoa farmers. Thedata collection was conducted from early February to the end of February 2017. Thestudy used farming analysis to calculate net income and total household income ofcocoa farmers during 2016. The results showed that cocoa farming has the highestcontribution of 70.10% of the total household income of farmers amounting to Rp.85,954,990.80 / year with an average income of Rp. 60,252,258 / year. The physicalmanagement practices of cocoa farming applied by cocoa farmers in Pangsan Villageare in accordance with the physical management practices in the cocoa GoodAgricultural Practices (GAP) guidelines, and it is known that farmers did not applyGood Handling Practices (GHP) to postharvest handling.

scholarly journals Quality management and safety assurance in Horticultural chains of Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Kamrul Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Safety Control ◽  
Safety Assurance ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
The Government

Horticultural produce, especially fruits and vegetables, are rich sources of phytochemicals, namely vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Currently, controlling quality and assuring safety of fruits and vegetables in supply chain has become one of the most challenging issues in Bangladesh. Often consumers are dissatisfied with the poor quality produce due mainly to the sub-standard postharvest handling practices. Side by side, the issue of food safety has been emerged as the most serious threat in the context of nutrition security and public health of the country. There are huge concerns over the use of harmful chemicals during production and postproduction stages. The main concerns are related to the presence of heavy metals, chemical residues and microbial contamination. Hence, immediate interventions are needed to stop any malpractice during production and marketing of fruits and vegetables. The recently introduced Food Safety Act 2013 and Formalin Control Act 2014 are two important steps from the Government of Bangladesh to deal with this deep-rooted concern. Apart from laws, various training and awareness programmes are needed so that the relevant stakeholders adopt improved practices to maintain quality and safety of produce along the supply chains. Consumption of good quality, nutritious and safe fruits and vegetables can only be assured if quality and safety control can be ensured at the production (manures, fertilizers, waters, pesticides, plant growth regulators, etc.) and postproduction (during harvesting, sorting, grading, washing, packaging, transporting, storing, processing and marketing) stages. Since, the problem is interdisciplinary and complex, there should have strong coordination among the various groups in the society including producers, traders, processors, policymakers, law enforcing agencies, researchers, physicians, civil society representatives, and other relevant GOs and NGOs in order to prevent the malpractice and improve the quality and safety situation in the horticultural chains of Bangladesh.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v1i1.22346 Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.1(1): 1-11, Dec 2014

scholarly journals Quantitative Rice Postharvest Losses in the Albertine and Olweny Rice Hubs, Uganda

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yawe John ◽  
Candia Alphonse ◽  
Obeti Grism Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Control Points ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Loss Assessment ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
Inadequate Information ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Postharvest Loss ◽  
Grain Losses

Since the introduction of rice in Uganda in 1904, insufficient information has been generated on quantitative rice postharvest losses. Such inadequate information has partly constrained decision making in developing the rice industry in Uganda. The objective of this study was, therefore, to generate quantitative postharvest losses in the remaining two major rice growing hubs of Albertine and Olweny. The AfricaRice postharvest loss assessment methodology was used during the two growing seasons of 2014 /15 and 2015/16. Data was collected at harvesting, threshing, drying and milling postharvest stages on 10 rice farms and nine rice mills in each hub. The swamp rice “K98” and “NERICA-4” both in Oryza Sativa group were used during the study in the Olweny and Albertine hubs respectively. The results indicated that total physical grain losses at aforementioned stages in Albertine and Olweny hubs were 16.8 and 14.1%, respectively. This slight loss variation could be attributed to the different varieties and postharvest practices in these hubs. Losses at harvesting exhibited highest value 6.9 and 5.7% compared to threshing 4.7 and 4.8%; drying 1.8 and 1.4%; and milling 4.8 and 3.5% for Albertine and Olweny hubs respectively. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) discerned in the losses between the hubs. Regardless of the rice hub, significant differences in loss levels (p<0.05) existed along the postharvest operations. These results show that harvesting, threshing and milling were the critical control points in the management of quantitative rice postharvest losses in Uganda.

Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation

EDIS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesscia A. Lepper ◽  
Aswathy Sreedharan ◽  
Renée Goodrich Schneider ◽  
Keith R. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Good Agricultural Practices ◽  
Produce Safety ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Safety Rule ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Voluntary Program ◽  
Federal Guidelines

Good agricultural practices (GAPs) and good handling practices (GHPs) encompass the general procedures that growers, packers and processors of fresh fruits and vegetables should follow to ensure the safety of their product. GAPs usually deal with preharvest practices (i.e., in the field), while GHPs cover postharvest practices, including packing, storage and shipping. This factsheet covers GAPs relating to packing operation sanitation. There are seven other Florida Cooperative Extension factsheets in the ‘Food Safety on the Farm’ series that focus on specific aspects of the GAPs program and how they relate to Florida crops and practices. Under the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), GAPs are a foundation of the Produce Safety Rule (PSR). Other than for round tomatoes in Florida (T-GAPs regulation), GAPs have mainly been a voluntary program. Additionally the PSR mandates all non-exempt operations to follow these new FSMA federal guidelines (6), but all exempt commodities and for those producers exporting to foreign countries, GAPs may still be required. Both the mandatory PSR and GAPs aim to reduce the foodborne illness burden associated with produce.

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