Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach

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Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach
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Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach, Fourth Editioncovers the aspects of pre-harvest conditions and their effects on postharvest quality, featuring new chapters on packaging, the increasingly important role of transportation and logistics, and the consideration of postharvest in the context of systems approach. The book also explores current challenges, including oversupply, waste, food safety, lack of resources, sustainability and best practices for production to thrive in spite of these challenges. This unique resource provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, offering essential tools to monitor and control the handling process.

Written by a team of experts, this book continues to be the most practical and up-to-date resource for postharvest physiologists or technologists across the disciplines of agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, food sciences and horticulture.



  • Features new chapters on packaging, transportation and logistics, and postharvest in the context of systems approach
  • Brings aspects of pre-harvest conditions and their effects on postharvest quality
  • Provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, offering essential tools to monitor and control the handling process
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