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The volume presents existing and novel management approaches that are in use or have a great potential to be used to maintain the postharvest quality of fresh produce in terms of microbiological safety, nutrition, and sensory quality.  In comparison to traditional synthetic chemicals, these eco-friendly molecules are equally effective with respect to slowing the physiological and biochemical changes in harvested produce. Application of terpenic compounds, phenolic compounds, salicylic acid, methyl jasmonates, hydrogen peroxide, ethanol,  sulphur compounds, polyamines, plant growth regulators, active carbohydrates, ozone, hexanal and nitric oxide have been proven effective in minimizing storage disorders like chilling injury, scald, fungal diseases like stem-end rot, blue mould rot, green mould rot, anthracnose, regulation of ripening and senescence, etc. This book will be a standard reference work for the management of shelf life in the fresh produce industry.

Biomedical Engineering --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Farm produce. --- Food --- Quality. --- Food quality --- Quality of food --- Agricultural commodities --- Agricultural products --- Produce --- Quality of products --- Agriculture --- Raw materials --- Plant products --- Produce trade --- Food science. --- Food Science. --- Science --- Food—Biotechnology.

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This book addresses the relevance of geographical indication (GI) as a tool for local and socio-economic development and democratization of agri-food, with case studies from Asia, Europe and the Americas. A geographical indication is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. It provides not only a way for businesses to leverage the value of their geographically unique products, but also to inform and attract consumers. A highly contested topic, GI is praised as a tool for the revitalization of agricultural communities, while also criticized for being an instrument exploited by global corporate forces to promote their interests. There are concerns that the promotion of GI may hamper the establishment of democratic forms of development. The contributing authors address this topic by offering theoretically informed investigations of GI from around the world. The book includes case studies ranging from green tea in Japan, olive oil in Turkey and dried fish in Norway, to French wine and Mexican Mezcal. It also places GI in the broader context of the evolution and trends of agri-food under neoliberal globalization. The book will be of interest to researchers, policy makers and students in agri-food studies, sociology of food and agriculture, geography, agricultural and rural economics, environmental and intellectual property law, and social development.

Farm produce. --- Agricultural commodities --- Agricultural products --- Produce --- Agriculture --- Food --- Raw materials --- Plant products --- Produce trade --- Applied ecology --- Environmental science, engineering and technology --- Society and culture: general --- Rural communities --- Cultural studies: food and society --- Sustainable agriculture

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The recent global financial crisis exposed the serious limitations of existing economic and financial models. Not only did macro models fail to predict the crisis, they seemed incapable of explaining what was happening to the economy. Policymakers felt abandoned by the conventional tools of the now obsolete Washington consensus and the World Trade Organization's oversimplified faith in free markets.The traditional models for agricultural commodities have so far failed to take into account the uncertain character of the global agricultural economy and its ferocious consequences in food price vo

Commodity exchanges --- Agricultural prices --- Produce trade --- Agriculture and state --- Econometric models --- Agricultural prices. --- Agriculture -- Economic aspects. --- Farm produce. --- Finance --- Business & Economics --- Investment & Speculation --- Produce trade. --- Agricultural commodities --- Agricultural products --- Produce --- Agricultural marketing --- Food trade --- Agriculture --- Farm prices --- Prices --- Food --- Raw materials --- Plant products --- Food industry and trade --- Farm produce --- Farm income --- Economic aspects --- E-books --- Agricultural prices - Econometric models --- Commodity exchanges - Econometric models

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This book examines the issue of price volatility in agricultural commodities markets and how this phenomenon has evolved in recent years. The factors underlying the price spike of 2007-08 appear to be global and macroeconomic in nature, including the rapid growth in demand by developing countries, the international financial crisis, and exchange rate movements. Some of these factors are new, appearing as influences on price volatility only in the last decade. Although volatility has always been a feature of agricultural commodity markets, the evidence suggests that volatility has increased in certain commodity markets. A growing problem is that agricultural price shocks and volatility disrupt agricultural markets, economic incentives and incomes. With increased globalization and integration of financial and energy markets with agricultural commodity markets, the relationships between markets are expanding and becoming more complex. When a crisis such as a regional drought, food safety scare or a financial crisis hits a particular market, policy-makers often do not know the extent to which it will impact on other markets and affect producer, consumer and trader decisions. Including contributions from experts at the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the USDA, and the European Commission, the research developed throughout the chapters of this book is based on current methodologies that can be used to analyze price volatility and provide directions for understanding this volatility and the development of new agricultural policies. The book highlights the challenges facing policy makers in dealing with the changing nature of agricultural commodities markets, and offers recommendations for anticipating price movements and managing their consequences. It will be a practical guide for both present and future policy-makers in deciding on potential price-stabilizing interventions, and will also serve as a useful resource for researchers and students in agricultural economics.

Farm produce --- Agriculture --- Prices --- Forecasting. --- Economic aspects --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Agricultural commodities --- Agricultural products --- Produce --- Food --- Raw materials --- Plant products --- Produce trade --- Agricultural economics. --- Development economics. --- Economic policy. --- Agricultural Economics. --- Development Economics. --- Economic Policy. --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Economic development --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Production economics, Agricultural

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Agriculture --- Farm produce --- Agricultural processing --- Food security --- Economic development --- Economic aspects --- Marketing --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Food deserts --- Food insecurity --- Insecurity, Food --- Security, Food --- Human security --- Food supply --- Crops --- Processing, Agricultural --- Agricultural engineering --- Agricultural commodities --- Agricultural products --- Produce --- Food --- Raw materials --- Plant products --- Produce trade --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Land use, Rural --- Processing