scholarly journals Superfruit in the Niche—Underutilized Sea Buckthorn in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5840
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arslan Nawaz ◽  
Asif Ali Khan ◽  
Usman Khalid ◽  
Andreas Buerkert ◽  
Martin Wiehle
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Sea Buckthorn ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Sun And Shade ◽  
Drying Conditions ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan

Sea buckthorn is a medicinal plant occurring throughout the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Considered as a “superfood” given the nutritional properties of its berries, the latter have a large international market potential, particularly in China and Europe. Although sea buckthorn grows widespread in northern Pakistan, it is a neglected species there. Fruit marketing is severely hampered by low raw product quality, varying prices, and low local demand. During 2017–2018 a total of 111 collectors and 17 commission agents were interviewed from Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan using semi-structured questionnaires. The results provide comprehensive information about the current situation from collection to post-harvest management of sea buckthorn fruits including the analysis of vitamin C under different sun and shade drying conditions. The findings are complemented by an analysis of the underlying supply chain. Fruit sale prices were low for the collectors (1.82 US$ kg−1) since mostly poor households are involved in the harvest and sale. Traditional sun drying and storage conditions were inappropriate resulting in a decrease of chemical fruit quality and thus negatively affecting the sales price of produce. Supply chain analyses showed that the non-coordination among actors and lack of infrastructure affect the efficiency of the targeted sea buckthorn production at large. The study also shows the urgent need to set appropriate food quality standards, to increase communication among stakeholders, and to intensify training offers especially for collectors of sea buckthorn fruits.

scholarly journals Stabilizing Grain Yield and Nutrition Quality in Purple Rice Varieties by Management of Planting Elevation and Storage Conditions

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Supapohn Yamuangmorn ◽  
Suchada Jumrus ◽  
Sansanee Jamjod ◽  
Narit Yimyam ◽  
Chanakan Prom-u-Thai
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Brown Rice ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Rice Varieties ◽  
Opposite Pattern ◽  
Dpph Activity ◽  
And Storage

Purple rice has become an interesting source of nutritional value among healthy cereal grains. The appropriate cultivation together with post-harvest management would directly benefit farmers and consumers. This study aimed (i) to determine the yield, grain nutritional quality, and antioxidant capacity of purple rice varieties grown at lowland and highland elevations, and (ii) to evaluate the effects of storage conditions on the stability of the rice nutritional value during six months of storage. The high anthocyanin PES variety grown in the lowlands had a higher grain yield than the plants grown in the highlands, but grain anthocyanin concentration had the opposite pattern. In the high antioxidant capacity KAK variety, grain yield and DPPH activity were not significantly different between plants grown at the two elevations. The storage of brown rice and vacuum-sealed packages were both found to preserve greater anthocyanin concentrations in PES, but there was no effect on the DPPH activity of KAK. The grain properties were not significantly different between storage at 4 °C and room temperature. This study suggests that the optimal cultivation practices and storage conditions would result in the higher yield and grain quality of purple rice varieties.

scholarly journals Sanitation value chains in low density settings in Indonesia and Vietnam: impetus for a rethink to achieve pro-poor outcomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Willetts ◽  
Anna Gero ◽  
Akhmad Akbar Susamto ◽  
Ryan Sanjaya ◽  
Thanh Doan Trieu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Value Chain Analysis ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Chain Analysis ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Poor Outcomes

This study examined the sanitation hardware supply chain in rural, low density settings in Indonesia and Vietnam. Actual costs along the chains were investigated to understand the challenges and opportunities to support affordable sanitation in remote, rural locations. Data were collected from four remote districts in Indonesia and Vietnam through a systematic value-chain analysis comprising 378 interviews across households and supply chain actors and both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Three main findings are presented. Firstly, poor households, often located in remote areas and with lower sanitation access, often experienced higher costs to build durable latrines than households in accessible areas or district capitals. Second, locally sourced materials (sand, bricks or gravel) had a greater influence on price than externally sourced materials (cement, steel and toilet pans), even accounting for cost increases of these materials along the supply chain. Thirdly, transport and labour costs represented considerable proportions of the overall cost to build a toilet. These findings highlighted logistical and financial barriers to poor, remote households in accessing sanitation. Findings can inform strategies to improve the availability and affordability of sanitation products and services, in particular key issues that need to be addressed through government and non-government pro-poor market-based interventions.

MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL CONDITIONING OF HAYS

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. ANN CLARK ◽  
S. V. CRUMP ◽  
Z. P. KONDRA
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Carbonate ◽  
Trifolium Pratense ◽  
Red Clover ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Mechanical Conditioning ◽  
Cloudy Weather ◽  
Conditioning Treatment ◽  
Drying Conditions

In 1982 and 1983, six field trials and three controlled environment studies were conducted (1) to determine if the drying agent potassium carbonate (K2CO3), alone or in combination with mechanical conditioning, accelerated the drying of field hay more than conventional mechanical conditioning alone; (2) to gauge the reliability of K2CO3 as a drying agent; (3) to contrast the effectiveness of K2CO3 on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. and M. media Pers.) relative to other legumes; and (4) to compare the sensitivity of K2CO3 action to controlled irradiance, temperature and relative humidity (RH). Relative to unconditioned hay, mechanical conditioning alone reduced field drying time to safe baling moisture in four of the six trials, while chemical (K2CO3) conditioning alone reduced field drying time in three of the six trials. Hay treated with a combination of mechanical and chemical conditioning typically dried faster than either process alone. Heavy windrows and poor drying conditions lessened the value of either conditioning treatment. In single-stem drying tests conducted under controlled environmental conditions, K2CO3 significantly accelerated drying in two alfalfa cultivars, as well as in sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.), red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), alsike clover (T. hybridum L.), and sweetclover (Melilotus alba Desr.). Potassium carbonate reduced time to reach 20% moisture by about 50%, with some variation in responsiveness among legumes. Increasing irradiance from 100 to 150 W m−2 did not influence response to K2CO3. Increasing temperature increased responsiveness to K2CO3. Increasing RH from 45 to 70% slightly increased the effectiveness of K2CO3, particularly at the lower level of irradiance. Potassium carbonate can be an effective tool in accelerating field drying of legume hays, when used in conjunction with mechanical conditioning. However, the utility of either mechanical or chemical conditioning depends on both drying conditions and harvest management. Conditioning will not compensate for cool, cloudy weather, or for heavy dense windrows. Potassium carbonate was shown to accelerate drying on all tested legumes, and to be most effective when temperature was high.Key words: Field hay drying, mechanical conditioning, potassium carbonate, alfalfa

COMPOSITE MEASURE AS A METHOD OF THE IT SYSTEM FOR ORGANIC FARMING

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (5) ◽  
pp. 231-236
Author(s):  
Tomasz Woźniakowski
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Composite Measure ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Composite Measures ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Good Food ◽  
Selection Of

The paper describes the next stage of the project of an IT platform supporting farmers and organic producers. The article describes the implementation of the method developed in the course of research described in the previous, cited publication of the author. The method assumes the use of composite measures to create a universal gauge (“Good Food Print” ratio GFP) that provides comprehensive information on the good practices used throughout the supply chain of the final product of organic farming. The system offers consumers information in the formula of the Internet All Things, supports producers in the selection of the best suppliers and enables the maintenance of obligatory registers.

scholarly journals A simulation model to investigate impacts of facilitating quality data within organic fresh food supply chains

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Leithner ◽  
Christian Fikar
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Rural Production

Abstract Demand for and production of organic fresh food play an increasing role worldwide. As a result, a growing amount of fresh fruits and vegetables has to be transported from predominantly rural production regions to customers mostly located in urban ones. Specific handling and storage conditions need to be respected along the entire supply chain to maintain high quality and product value. To support organic food logistics operations, this work investigates benefits of facilitating real-time product data along delivery and storage processes. By the development of a simulation-based decision support system, sustainable deliveries of organic food from farms to retail stores are investigated. Generic keeping quality models are integrated to observe impacts of varying storage temperatures on food quality and losses over time. Computational experiments study a regional supply chain of organic strawberries in Lower Austria and Vienna. Results indicate that the consideration of shelf life data in supply chain decisions allow one to reduce food losses and further enables shifting surplus inventory to alternative distribution channels.

scholarly journals AI-based soft-sensor for shelf life prediction of ‘Kesar’ mango

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayita Dutta ◽  
Parijat Deshpande ◽  
Beena Rai
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Shelf Life ◽  
Respiration Rate ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Soft Sensor ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
List Type ◽  
Support Vector Regression Model ◽  
Dynamic Decisions

AbstractThis paper presents prediction of shelf-life of ‘Kesar’ cultivar of mangoes stored under specified conditions based on their respiration rate and ripeness levels. A deep-CNN was fine-tuned on 1524 image data of mangoes stored under different conditions to classify the ripeness levels of mangoes as ‘unripe’, ‘early-ripe’, ‘partially-ripe’ and ‘ideally-ripe’. CO2 respiration rate (RRCO2) was further calculated using principle of enzyme kinetics to establish a correlation between RRCO2 and ripeness levels. A Support Vector Regression model was employed to predict the shelf life and ripeness levels of mangoes under different storage conditions, thereby creating an AI based soft-sensor. The developed methodology can be used for other climacteric fruits besides mangoes. This solution can be used by producers and distributors for post-harvest handling of climacteric fruits like mango. It will also aid retailers in taking dynamic decisions with respect to pricing, logistics and storage conditions to be maintained to get the desired ripening rate, thus, contributing to reduction of wastage of fruits and subsequent economic losses.Article highlights Variation in CO2 respiration rate of ‘Kesar’ mangoes over different maturity stages were observed under different supply chain scenarios simulated in lab environment AI models were developed based on respiration rate and ripeness levels for prediction of shelf life of mangoes under different supply chain scenarios. These models once deployed helps all stake holders in fruit supply chain to take dynamic decisions such as repricing, recycling and repurposing based on the predicted shelf life thus minimizing wastage and maximizing profit.

scholarly journals Toward Green Supply Chain Management of Petrochemical Industry in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S7) ◽  
pp. 251-255
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Petrochemical Industry ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Green Supply Chain Management ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Green Industry ◽  
Conscious Thinking

The Indonesia government put high effort on the integrated petrochemical industry development by strengthening research and development toward green industry of petrochemical industry in order to create more market potential as well as to achieve the sustainability. The green industry standard is closely related to raw materials, supported materials, energy, production process, product, company or manufacture management and waste management. Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) concept involves the integration of environmentally conscious thinking into all phases of key supply chain management processes. Such activities include green materials sourcing, design of products with consideration given to their environmental impact based on packaging, purchasing, shipment and end of life management for products including easy recycling and or clean disposal. An effort toward GSCM has started being implemented by Petrochemical Producers in Indonesia.

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