Packaging for fruits, vegetables and root crops
| dc.creator | C.C.M Schuur;Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division | |
| dc.date | 2023-10-05T10:46:54Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-10-05T10:46:54Z | |
| dc.date | 1988 | |
| dc.date | 2017-12-05T18:10:16.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T22:59:54Z | |
| dc.description | The main objective of this manual is to describe how post-harvest handling and marketing can be improved through better packaging. Inter-regional exports of the English speaking independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean amount to more than 60,000 tonnes of produce traded, valued at some EC$ 90 million per year. If we assume a 20 percent loss, the economical loss caused by post-harvest losses could well be over EC$ 18 million every year. Consequently, reducing these losses with only one pe rcent results in the marketability of an extra 600 tonnes of produce valued at EC$ 1 million every year in the regional markets. Total world fresh produce exports in 1986 were estimated at US$ 226,505 million. A loss of one percent equals a financial loss of US$ 227 million. Only a small part of the world production of agricultural produce is exported and according to FAO estimates post-harvest losses were in the order of 20 - 33% of all food produced. A small reduction in post-harvest losses will result in lower financial losses and in an increased availability of food. | |
| dc.identifier | https://fao-prod.atmire.com/handle/20.500.14283/X5016E | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-x5016e.HTM | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/268984 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Packaging for fruits, vegetables and root crops | |
| dc.title | Packaging for fruits, vegetables and root crops | |
| dc.type | Book (stand-alone) |