Sustainable Production and Postharvest Handling of Avocado

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Professor Elhadi M. Yahia is Emeritus Professor (Investigador Nacional Emerito) at the Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico. He is also a Courtesy Professor at the University of Florida, USA. Professor Yahia has published 20 books in 3 languages and more than 400 book chapters and articles on post-harvest handling of fresh produce. He has worked at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) where he helped launch the Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. He has served as a consultant to many organizations such as the FAO, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO), USAID, USDA and ICARDA. He is member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the New York Academy of Sciences, The Scientific Research Society (Sigma Xi) and The Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) of the World Food Logistics Organization.

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Elhadi M Yahia, Elhadi M. Yahia, Prof Elhadi M (Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro) Yahia, Prof Elhadi M. Yahia
• Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.03.2023
• EAN: 9781801467254
• ISBN: 978-1-80146-725-4
• Seiten: 360
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Gewicht: 672 g
• Serien: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science; Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Sc; Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau; Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei, Ernährung