Assignment 5:

Small Scale Postharvest Technology

Reading assignments. No report due

Assignment #5 is on the topic of Small Scale Postharvest Technology, and is a series of reading assignments on low cost simple technologies such as improved packages, use of shade, the Zero Energy Cool Chamber and food processing methods.听

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• Small-Scale Postharvest Handling Practices for Fruit and Vegetable Crops in the Southeast USA (Kitinoja 2017)听
• Zero Energy Cool Chamber Summary - ZECC ppt (SK Roy, Amity University)
• CoolBOT-- How to build you own walk-in cold room (Khosla)
• The Porta-Cooler (USDA)
• Principles and Practices of fruit juice processing (FAO)听
• Energy Options for Horticulture (Winrock Int'l for USAID)
• Cornell GAPs self audit
• ATTRA postharvest manual
• USDA 2016 Handbook 66
• sweetpotatoes_postharvest-manual
• FAO 2005 freezing_of_fruits_and_vegetables 158
• methods_for_management_of_ripening
• Acedo 2016 veg packaghouse manual eb0259
• Adam 2004 dehydration options manual ATTRA
• MSU 1930 ext bulletin No.104 potato storage

Please read and review each of these documents in order to familiarize yourself with all the topics and recommended practices.
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