Manual for the preparation and sale of fruits and vegetables : from field to market / by Andrés F. Lَpez Camelo.

By:

Lَpez Camelo, Andrés F

Contributor(s):

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Series: FAO agricultural services bulletin ; 151Publication details: Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004.Description: x, 159 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

9251049912 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

ORG S1 F36 no. 151

Contents:

Harvest -- Preparation for the fresh market -- Storage -- Hygiene and sanitation -- The quality in fruits and vegetables -- Selling fruits and vegetables -- Appendix: SENASA Resolution 510/02.

Summary: The fruit and vegetable production sector of Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Eastern Europe is facing a new situation where, on the one hand, supermarket chains account for an increasing percentage of the domestic food retail market and, on the other hand, producers must compete in an increasingly demanding global market for non traditional and off-season fruits and vegetables. Small farmers are increasingly being marginalized and will be facing unequal market conditions unless they are able to change their practices to meet the needs of a modern food marketing system. Regardless of the production system, the technological challenge is to increase returns through the rational use of available resources, reducing production costs and post-harvest losses, enhancing competitiveness and adding value to the final product.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main	ORG S1 F36 NO. 151 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		29603-1001

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159).

Harvest -- Preparation for the fresh market -- Storage -- Hygiene and sanitation -- The quality in fruits and vegetables -- Selling fruits and vegetables -- Appendix: SENASA Resolution 510/02.

The fruit and vegetable production sector of Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Eastern Europe is facing a new situation where, on the one hand, supermarket chains account for an increasing percentage of the domestic food retail market and, on the other hand, producers must compete in an increasingly demanding global market for non traditional and off-season fruits and vegetables. Small farmers are increasingly being marginalized and will be facing unequal market conditions unless they are able to change their practices to meet the needs of a modern food marketing system. Regardless of the production system, the technological challenge is to increase returns through the rational use of available resources, reducing production costs and post-harvest losses, enhancing competitiveness and adding value to the final product.

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