2012-01-20 This manual was prepared to assist USAID-Inma field staff in working with cooperating growers. It does not cover all issues or answer all questions. The USAIDInma horticulture team or Ministry of Agriculture specialists can be consulted to answer additional questions. Onions clearly represent an...
Kernzagrain is harvested from intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium). This (cousin) of annual wheat has been grown throughout the USA to provide fodder for livestock. Now intermediate wheatgrass is being domesticated as a grain for human food. Intermediate wheatgrass can be grown as a “...
In addition to feeding needy families,Trees That Feed Foundation wants to see sustainable, profit-making, and food producing businesses. First, of course, basic food needs must be met. Once those basic needs are met, our farmers and communities would like to produce cash crops and post-harvest...
These guidelines aim to measure harvest and post-harvest losses for food grains (cereals and pulses). They presentFAO’srecommended methods to estimate food grain losses to allow countries to monitor SDG 12.3.1 (food losses along the supply chain).They present cost-effective methods that could be...
2011-01-01 The first of two volumes, this book covers major tropical fruits such as avocado, litchi, mango, papaya and pineapple. Early chapters describe the tropics and its soils and deal with key issues such as tree management and postharvest handling, updated and expanded to include best handling...
1990-09-01 This publication has been developed by the Inter-American Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)with the goal of assisting Caribbean Governments in the planning of the expansion of carambola production. It is directed to technicians, farmers, and students. 20 pages, illustrated
This book fully describes small-scale processing and storage methods for root crops, particularly taro, sweet potato, and yams. The authors emphasize methods of handling and preserving the crops that require little in the way of energy or technology, and they discuss traditional methods of...
Using needs assessment survey methods, this study identifies constraints and opportunities in the current sweet potato postharvest systems in Uganda. It also reports on efforts to improve storage of fresh roots and analyses processing options. Commonly held dubious notions regarding sweetpotato...