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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877064403321

Titolo

Crop post-harvest [[electronic resource] ] : science and technology . Volume 2 Durables / / edited by Rick Hodges and Graham Farrell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2004

ISBN

1-281-32215-6

9786611322151

0-470-70895-6

0-470-75102-9

0-470-75037-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GolobP

FarrellGraham, Dr.

HodgesRick, Dr.

Disciplina

631.56

Soggetti

Crops - Postharvest technology

Agricultural processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Crop Post-Harvest: Science and Technology; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Rice; China; Japan; Australia; 2 Maize; Tanzania (East and Central Africa); Zimbabwe; Argentina; 3 Wheat; Pakistan and Afghanistan; United Kingdom; United States of America; Australia; 4 Malting Barley: Europe; 5 Sorghum; Underground storage; South India; Ethiopia; 6 Common Beans: Latin America; 7 Cowpea: United States of America; 8 Miscellaneous Oilseeds; Worldwide Oilseeds; Canola (rapeseed): Canada; 9 Peanuts; Senegal; United States of America; 10 Copra: The Philippines; 11 Coffee

12 Cocoa: West Africa (Ghana)13 Dried Fruit and Nuts:United States of America; 14 Cured Fish; Senegal; Beetle infestation and control in the developing tropics; Index; Colour Plates

Sommario/riassunto

Durable commodities are the raw products from which food can be made and are the staples on which most humans rely; with but a few exceptions they are the seeds of plants. Volume 1 of this ground-breaking book series (details below) explains how crops should be



dried, handled, protected from pests and stored by smaller holders or large-scale enterprises. This second volume presents a series of case studies on how durable crops are actually stored and marketed. The compilation of this three-volume work has been supported and is endorsed by the Natural Resources Institute of the Universit