Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Agriculture - Tropical Agriculture

This collection provides a detailed insight into the methods used to improve the shelf life of horticultural products, focussing on how the implementation of these methods can contribute to reducing the amount of global food loss and waste in the horticultural sector. Chapters explore the role of smart distribution and controlled environments as a means of achieving this.

Avocado is one of the world's most economically important subtropical/tropical fruit crops. This collection considers how global avocado production can be improved to meet the growing demand for the fruit, focussing primarily on how the different components of the avocado supply chain can be optimised to achieve this.