Agriculture & Allied Sciences

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Sustainable Approaches in Postharvest Handling and Management
Editor: Dr. Pankaj B. Pathare

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Recently, safe and quality of fruits and vegetables are a great concern to consumers. Therefore, it is of great importance for the industry to produce quality produce. The main quality attributes required by consumers are visual appearance, such as color, shiny or glossy, surface texture, size, and absence of blemishes. Reduced postharvest losses will assist in establishing more sustainable and resilient food systems, as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions, due its substantial scale. While various postharvest treatments are used to reduce food losses, some of these technologies are not sustainable due to their high energy inefficiency and carbon footprint. There is an urgent need to focus on sustainable postharvest technologies for fresh horticultural produce. Nowadays, application of sustainable postharvest technologies such as edible coatings, irradiation, ozone, and cold plasma have been used for quality and safety. Nondestructive techniques and biosensors have shown great promise and utility in improving assessments of food quality characteristics compared with traditional detection methods. Energy requirements are growing exponentially due to the economic growth and increasing energy demands of many countries. Meanwhile, the use of sustainable energy is still lower than fossil fuel. Using sustainable energy as the main or auxiliary energy for postharvest activities could reduce fossil energy consumption and improve product quality, which could reduce the impact of postharvest activity on the environment.

The book, Sustainable Approaches in Postharvest Handling and Management, will include sustainable postharvest methods for fresh produce quality, safety, and self-life extension. Quality detection through nondestructive techniques and biosensors will be included. It will also include socioeconomic and environmental impacts of postharvest losses.

CONTENTS:
List of areas covered in this book, but not limited to:
1. Overview of sustainable approaches to reduce postharvest losses
2. Non thermal techniques for fresh produce quality and safety
3. Irradiation techniques for fresh produce quality and safety
4. Cold plasma for fresh produce quality and safety
5. Ozone for fresh produce quality and safety
6. Electrolyte water for fresh produce quality and safety
7. Ethylene management for fresh and vegetables during postharvest handling
8. Edible coating for fresh produce shelf-life extension
9. Role of packaging in postharvest handling and management
10. Nondestructive techniques for quality detection
11. IoT-based traceability in fresh produce handling chain
12. Biosensors in postharvest management
13. Energy saving approaches in postharvest operations
14. Sustainable energy for postharvest operations
15. Towards sustainability through postharvest value addition
16. Postharvest losses quantification and implications for sustainability indicators


About the Authors / Editors:
Editor: Dr. Pankaj B. Pathare
Dept. of Soils, Water & Agricultural Engineering, College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, OMAN

Dr. Pankaj Pathare is an Assistant Professor of Postharvest Technology at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He has graduated with a BTech degree (Agricultural Engineering) from Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (India), an MEngg from Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (India), and a PhD (Process & Chemical Engineering) from the University College Cork (Ireland). Before joining SQU, he worked as researcher at Newcastle University, UK, and Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Over the years, he has gained expertise on postharvest technology and food engineering, which includes quantification of postharvest losses during transportation, mechanical damage of perishables, food agglomeration/granulation, food drying and cooling, structural design for ventilated corrugated packaging, renewable energy in food processing for Sub-Saharan Africa, and energy-efficient production processes in SME food and beverage industries based around Europe. His research results are well documented in 52 original scientific papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and several conference presentations. He also worked as supervisor/co-supervisor for 10 postgraduate research students. According to the Scopus, his h-index is 15 & citation - 2270. He is a member of the editorial boards for the several research journals, including PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal of Food Quality, Open Agriculture, Measurement: Food (Elsevier), Discover Food (Springer), and Current Functional Foods (Bentham Science).




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