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Postharvest constraints and solutions involved in export marketing of selected speciality and exotic vegetables from the West Indies.

Mohammed, M.;

Acta Horticulturae Year: 1992 Issue: No. 318 Pages: 355-362 Ref: 6 ref.

1992

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Postharvest constraints and solutions involved in export marketing of selected speciality and exotic vegetables from the West Indies.

Export of Capsicum frutescens and Eryngium foetidum from the West Indies to Europe and N. America has expanded significantly in recent years. The postharvest handling system used by exporters of these vegetables was studied. The effects of handling procedures, time-temperature profiles and accumulation of volatiles (C2H4, CO2) on deterioration of produce prior to shipping from the airport terminal were investigated. Postharvest losses occurring up to the period in the airport cargo handling area were 31.9 and 36.0% for C. frutescens and E. foetidum, respectively, in the dry season, increasing by a further 20.5 and 11.0%, respectively, in the wet season. Postharvest constraints included poor harvesting techniques, inappropriate field containers, inefficient loading and unloading, transportation hazards, inadequate sorting and grading, lack of temperature and RH control, accumulation of undesirable volatiles, absence of postharvest treatments and poor packing materials. Socio-economic constraints were due to poor infrastructure at producer and trader packing houses and at airport cargo handling areas, inadequate plant quarantine procedures and multiple handling and delays. Solutions to the above constraints are summarized.