Postharvest Handling

Wojciech J. Florkowski has over 18 years of experience in research, project management, and training. His areas of specialization and expertise include agricultural economics and international business with emphasis on marketing and consumer studies, technology transfer and assessment, environmental policy analysis, and research policy. He is the author of over 200 publications on a variety of economic, marketing, consumer and policy issues, including the problems of agricultural productivity, policy, consumer willingness-to-pay and price behavior. He?co-edited?“Postharvest?Handling: A Systems Approach” (3rd edition) Nigel Banks worked as a Professor of Postharvest Technology at Massey University and at ZESPRI as General Manager for Innovation, where he learned branding, growers, consumers, ways to connect them and the added value of an outstanding team. Through Postharvest.Co, Nigel is exploring new ways to connect postharvesters, art, online tools and learning with an eye to the increasingly pressing needs of our future world. Robert L Shewfelt is Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia. He advises more than 50 students and has taught 11 different courses in the past two years ranging from Freshman Seminars in Chocolate Science and Coffee Technology to graduate-level courses in Food Research & the Scientific Method. Dr. Shewfelt was also the 2006 recipient of the Cruess Award for Excellence in Teaching of IFT. He?co-edited?“Postharvest?Handling: A Systems Approach” (3rd edition)

Part 1 - Whole System

1. Postharvest systems – some introductory thoughts

2. Systems Approach In Postharvest Handling Of Fresh Produce

3. Consumer Eating Habits and Perception of Fresh Produce Quality

4. Modeling Quality Attributes and Quality Related Product Properties

5. Models for Improving Fresh Produce Chains

Part 2 - Product

6. Challenges in Handling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

7. Fresh-Cut Products - Implications For Postharvest

8. Multi-omics approaches for the improvements of postharvest systems

9. Postharvest Quality Properties of Potential Tropical Fruits Related to their Unique Structural Characters

Part 3 - Process

10. Managing Value Chains - Partners in Competitiveness

11. Tracking Products From Field To Consumer

12. Managing Product Flow Through Postharvest Systems

13. Sorting For Quality

14. Non-destructive evaluation: detection of external and internal attributes frequently associated with quality and damage

15. Cooling Fresh Produce

16. Investigating Losses Occurring During Shipment: Forensic Aspects of Cargo Claims

Part 4 - Perceptions

17. Consumer Eating Habits and Perceptions of Fresh Produce Quality

18. What mining the text tells about minding the consumer: The changing fruit and vegetable consumption patterns and shifting research focus

19. Nutritional quality of fruits and vegetables

20. Microbial Quality and Safety of Fresh and Fresh-cut Product

21. Measuring Consumer Acceptance of Vegetables