The following provides specific steps for shelf-stable high moisture pineapple production. The steps include methods of tray usage, heat management, fruit placement, vapour bath usage, and cooling techniques.​​​

Bangladesh is one of the world’s leading fish producing countries, with a total production of 42.77 lakh MT in the year 2017-18. Aquaculture contributes 56.24 per cent of the total fish production. The average growth in this sector has been 5.26 per cent for the last ten years. The rate...

The global food system is facing environmental, social, and health challenges. While nature and ecological principles were applied by family farmers for millenia, agriculture became increasingly dependent on external inputs, including synthetic fertilizers, in the last century, particularly in large scale production systems. Agroecology is an alternative and systemic approach...

An interim analysis to collect at national level (1806 questionnaires) highlights a health and economic crisis such as that caused by SARS-CoV-2, which generates a number of behavioral changes among consumers of fresh vegetables in Romania in terms of concerns the direct operation of local producers.  

La patate douce est une plante à tubercule, cultivée pour l’alimentation de l’homme et des animaux. Elle couvre bien le sol avec son feuillage abondant et ses longues tiges; elle aide donc à protéger le sol contre l’érosion. Les feuilles de la patate douce sont de très bons légumes. Les...

Pineapple fruit is hand harvested. The fruit is firmly attached to the plant and requires considerable physical force to remove it at harvest. Each plant bears a single fruit. Fruit must be harvested ripe, at half-yellow or quarter-yellow shell colour stage. The full ripe fruits are unsuitable for transporting large...

The International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 (IYFV), as declared by the UN General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/74/244, aims at raising awareness of, directing policy attention to, and sharing good practices on the nutritional and health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption, the contribution of fruit and vegetable consumption...

La cadena de suministro de alimentos no se puede detener. En consecuencia, los trabajadores del sistema alimentario deben seguir en sus puestos de trabajo, con lo que aumenta los riesgos de contraer COVID-19. Por esta razón, los consumidores y venderores tienen que tomar medidas de prevención.

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) aims to enhance the contribution of agricultural research to sustainable agricultural productivity, economic growth, food security and poverty eradication by generating and disseminating appropriate technologies, knowledge and information. The following technology describes the different management steps for the pre and post maize harvesting processes....

Coconut oil (also known as coconut butter) is extracted from coconuts and consists of over 80 percent saturated fat. It is typically used in cosmetics as well as in baking and cooking. The ram press was developed in Tanzania during the 1980s to extract oil from sunflower seed. The technology...

The Pregnant Women Food Scheme started from January 1st, 2020 with the aim of providing environmentally-friendly food to 45,000 pregnant women and new mothers. But with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number has been extended to 80,000.

En América Latina hay más de 800 pueblos indígenas que agrupan a 45 millones de personas y si bien durante las últimas décadas, como resultado de las luchas indígenas, se han producido avances en las políticas de reconocimiento de los derechos colectivos a través de la adopción de instrumentos del...

Fruits and vegetables are nutritious, valuable foods full of flavour. Therefore, fruits and vegetables represent an important and in many cases an under-appreciated resource that could benefit from better utilisation and exploitation in rural communities. However, in low-income countries, poor care and handling of these crops frequently result in loss...

Video que muestra el compromiso de los sistemas públicos de abastecimiento y de los mercados mayoristas de los países de América Latina.

La publicación describe y analiza el comportamiento del abastecimiento al por mayor durante la crisis sanitaria. Abordar su situación y perspectivas a corto y largo plazo, las medidas que se han implementado y las políticas públicas que se han desarrollado paraa su apoyo.

En este video, el profesor Sergio Schneider, de UFRGS, Brasil, analiza el papel fundamental de la agricultura familiar para responder a los desafíos del suministro de alimentos y la seguridad alimentaria en el contexto de las sociedades urbanizadas que se enfrentan a los desafíos generados por la Crisis Coronavirus-COVID19.

Videotutorial en HD donde explico el cultivo completo de esta hortaliza: descripción, clima, suelo, abonado, semillero, plantación, riego, plagas, enfermedades, recolección y algún guiso.

In aquaculture management, we talk about managing the pond to be able to hold both the water and the fish in good condition. It also consists of managing the fish to be able to survive and grow well to reach harvestable size quickly. Pond management involves maintenance of the pond...

Soil fertility is defined as the ability of the soil to produce and sustain high yields indefinitely. In farming, soil fertility may be lost through many ways. Some of the ways are as a result of the farmer’s activities while others may be out of his control. Therefore, the National...

Coconut oil (also known as coconut butter) is extracted from coconuts and consists of over 80 percent saturated fat. It is typically used in cosmetics as well as in baking and cooking. Charcoal produced from coconut shell is traditionally made using the pit or drum methods produce large volumes of...