One of the issues with food security and world hunger in many nations is post-harvest loss. Reducing various horticultural crops loss and waste is one of the most important issues for feeding the world's population sustainably in the future because various horticultural crops loss can reach up to 50%. Fruit and vegetable post-harvest losses are mostly caused by handling and storage after harvest, processing...

One of the issues with food security and world hunger in many nations is post-harvest loss. Reducing various horticultural crops loss and waste is one of the most important issues for feeding the world's population sustainably in the future because various horticultural crops loss can reach up to 50%. Fruit and vegetable post-harvest losses are mostly caused by handling and storage after harvest, processing steps, distribution, and consumption. Innovative preservation technologies constitute an inter-disciplinary science and techniques applied to horticultural commodities after harvest for the purpose of preservation, conservation, quality control/enhancement, processing, packaging, storage, distribution, marketing, and utilization to meet the food and nutritional requirements of consumers in relation to their needs. This book describes all the postharvest techniques and technologies available to handle perishable horticultural food commodities. It includes basic concepts and important new advances in the subject.