"Environmentally Friendly Technologies for Agricultural Produce Quality is the first book to take a focused look from an ecological point of view at the way produce is preserved, packaged, and shipped. The book's editor, Shimshon Ben-Yehoshua, presents a framework he refers to a…
Abstract: The proceedings of a 1982 symposium presents 14 authoritative reviews for food technologists and undergraduate and graduate students in food science is intended to serve as a general reference text on factors affecting the sensory quality of 13 fruits and vegetables. A…
Microbiology has long been recognized as a key tool in studying wine production, however only more recently has that study been conducted at a molecular level, increasing the understanding of how microbiology impacts not only the flavor quality of the wine, but also the safety. …
Abstract: Recent progress in the chemistry and nutrition of tropical foods are explored through 37 papers presented at an international conference. Among the foods discussed are papayas, prickly pears, grapefruits, sugarcane, rice, sorghum, yams, coconuts, peanuts, soybeans, avo…
Judging quality isn't robotically rational; it's emotional, cognitive, and social, too. Yet most academics' self-respect is rooted in their ability to analyze complexity and recognize quality, in order to come to the fairest decisions about that elusive god, "excellence." In How…
Judging quality isn't robotically rational; it's emotional, cognitive, and social, too. Yet most academics' self-respect is rooted in their ability to analyze complexity and recognize quality, in order to come to the fairest decisions about that elusive god, "excellence." In How…
"There is much we can learn about conservation from native peoples, says Gene Anderson. While the advanced nations of the West have failed to control overfishing, deforestation, soil erosion, pollution, and a host of other environmental problems, many traditional peoples manage …
Young people have an enormous stake in the present and future state of Earth. Almost half of the human population is under the age of 25. If young people?s resources of energy, time, and knowledge are misdirected towards violence, terrorism, socially-isolating technologies, and …
Supply chain management is vital for understanding the behaviour of economic agents involved in exchange. Moreover, it is a way to respond to consumer preferences by integrating the efforts and requirements of all actors involved in transactions. Agricultural commodities are a…
This book develops an integrated research framework in which social science and natural science merge in the analysis of the relationships and transactions within the mango supply chain from Costa Rica. More specifically, behaviour economics, and institutional economics is combi…
In deel 1 (Looking east, looking west): drie hoofdstukken: 1. Marktanalyse van biologische voedingsmiddelen in Europa, 2. Overzicht van de gevolgen van de veranderingen in de voedselsystemen op kleine boeren in ontwikkelingslanden, 3. de rol van certificatie-instellingen in het …
Animal products from the Mediterranean area
by European Association for Animal Production, Ribeiro, J. M. C. Ramalho, (João Manuel de Carvalho Ramalho), Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Estação Zootécnica Nacional (Portugal)
fromEAAP publication
This book and its case studies focuses on typical local products and breeds, descriptions of the production systems and conservation techniques of endangered breeds/products in the Mediterranean area. Traditional and extensive systems, involving local breeds, which meet the need…