Resources Tagged: Post Harvest

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  1. Techniques to Boost Plants’ Stress Tolerance and Extend Fruit Marketability

    2019-04-26 In August of 2018, I attended the 30th International Horticultural Congress in Istanbul, Turkey. It was an excellent opportunity to meet other scientists and to hear talks on horticultural topics, many of which were relevant to ECHO’s network. Here is a synopsis of a few of those talks.
    Post Harvest Food crops-Post ha... Food crops-Post ha... Value Added Mango Evaporative Cooling Cooling

  2. 3 benefits and 3 cautions regarding producing and selling value-added food products

    2015-11-17 Peanut Butter! Hot sauce! Dried fruit! Goat jerky!? Adding value to agricultural products by preserving, processing, and/or packaging them can be very tempting when one considers only the selling price. This workshop will engage participants to consider how adding value can also add risk. Sharpen...
    Economic Development Post Harvest Value Added

  3. Metal Silos for Improved Grain Storage

    2011-07-20 We share many ideas in EDN for agricultural techniques that can increase crop production. Higher production translates into more food and potentially more income; this is very important, especially for farmers whose livelihood comes from a small piece of land.Another way to increase food supply...
    Appropriate Techno... Post Harvest Agricultural Techn... Food Security Food Storage Grain Silos

  4. Short Term Heating Kills Cowpea Weevils

    1992-06-19 Solar heating of cowpeas for at least 45 minutes will kill weevils without affecting cooking or germination percentages.
    Cowpea Post Harvest Legume Insect control

  5. Squash Catsup?

    1992-06-19 Recipe for making catsup (ketchup) from squash.
    Cucurbit Post Harvest Nutrition

  6. Cashew Fruit Drying in Honduras

    1992-06-19 A method for using the fruit ("apple") to which the cashew nut is attached.
    Cashew Post Harvest Nutrition

  7. Techniques For Storing Onions

    1998-02-19 Successful onion storage is the outcome of a process which begins at the crop planning stage and which continues through cultivation, harvesting and post-harvest handling right through to sale of onions to the consumer.
    Storage Post Harvest Onion

  8. Additional Comments About Cashew

    1999-03-19 In the last issue Brian Hilton shared his experience with cashew trees in Mozambique. For this issue we asked Brian to expand on some of the issues raised there. Then we follow with a letter that Ian Wallace in Guinea-Bissau wrote us seven years ago about some of the problems with the cashew work...
    Cashew Post Harvest

  9. Producing Onion Powder for Sale and to Extend the Season

    2000-06-20 Instructions for making onion powder. This processing would be for long-term storage and for the economic advantage of selling the processed onions at a greater price when fresh onions are no longer available.
    Post Harvest Onion

  10. The Malian Peanut/Groundnut Sheller

    2004-01-20 The Malian Peanut/Groundnut Sheller is a simple machine, requiring less than $10 US of materials.
    Nuts Appropriate Techno... Post Harvest Peanuts