The biopesticide industry in India is undergoing rapid change, reflecting increased global trade in agricultural commodities, a changing regulatory environment and evolving …
Staggering amounts of food waste are being generated in Asia by means of agricultural processing, food transportation and storage, and human food consumption activities. This …
In the present paper, an indirect type solar dryer (ITSD) has been developed for apple and watermelon drying. The performance of ITSD and drying kinetics of watermelon and apple …
Recent strategies for achieving sustainable food systems have called for reducing food loss and waste (FLW), most notably Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 12.3. This …
Fruit by-products are considered as a potent natural source for value-added compounds such as starch, pectin as well as bioactive compounds. These are also rich source for …
Insects cause a major loss in stored food grains. Besides, pestilential activities of insects in stored food grains affect the marketability as well as the nutritional values. Early detection …
Guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruit is also known as the apple of tropics, belongs to the family of genus Psidium, and is widely cultivated in tropical zones of the world. Recently, the …
Mango fruit exhibit high postharvest losses due to physiological, biochemical, and pathological deterioration during storage. Edible coatings such as hydrocolloids (HC) bear …
The procurement of food grains from farmers and their transportation to regional level has become decisive due to increasing food demand and post-harvest losses in developing …