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pro vyhledávání: '"Jane Ambuko"'
Publikováno v:
Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp e25146- (2024)
Use of loss reduction practices are critical to ensuring losses are reduced significantly along the value chain. This necessitates for the need to assess the factors that influence adoption of the loss reductio practices to have better targeting and
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https://doaj.org/article/ea0d785221264e1f8035cabfff5229ea
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 7 (2024)
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has gained traction as one of the effective strategies in tackling the climate crisis. Many CSA practices have been promoted by development agencies to smallholder farmers based on the assumption that farmers would ado
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/4dc94bedc32c416994b3aaa7399256f8
Autor:
Sussy Munialo, Cecilia Moraa Onyango, Jane Ambuko Lukachi, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Joyce Gichuku Maina, Jonathan Makau Nzuma, Abeda Dawood, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
Publikováno v:
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 7 (2023)
Research conducted on food systems by higher institutions can contribute to sustainable food security and nutrition at a local level and reduce the impact of societal challenges such as malnutrition. Unfortunately, malnutrition itself manifests as hi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1d91e1a926484ca4aafdb6c57b3115a1
Publikováno v:
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Vol 121, Iss 1, Pp 35-42 (2020)
Jelly seed is a major challenge in mango production leading to enormous losses in the value chain. This internal fruit disorder is characterised by disintegration of cells, consistency of jelly and broken cells. Calcium plays an important role in enh
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https://doaj.org/article/58d64787732345108a1b7a6c69547bcb
Publikováno v:
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 100188- (2021)
Dried mangoes are new in the Kenyan market and there are no studies in Kenya to demonstrate consumer awareness and willingness to pay (WTP) for them. The use of natural preservatives produces healthier products and it is not clear whether dried mango
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1377d9ea366740cd9184ae365c3151d6
Autor:
Peninah Yumbya, Jane Ambuko, Margaret Hutchinson, Willis Owino, John Juma, Eunice Machuka, J. Musembi Mutuku
Publikováno v:
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Vol 3, Iss , Pp 100114- (2021)
Banana is a climacteric fruit whose ripening once initiated is irreversible and proceeds very fast making the fruits highly perishable. Application of various post-harvest technologies has been shown to slow down the ripening process in climacteric f
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https://doaj.org/article/2cce8525b5bf407f82799230a32d1ffc
Publikováno v:
Food and Energy Security, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2020)
Abstract Horticultural production is a source of livelihood for many smallholder farmers in Kenya. However, the potential is hampered by high postharvest losses estimated at 40%–50% in fruit and vegetables. The losses are attributed to various fact
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https://doaj.org/article/45b15d6e2bb848f79a1f002b2f81ebf7
Publikováno v:
Scientific African, Vol 6, Iss , Pp - (2019)
Chemical, thermal or osmotic pretreatments prior to drying can improve the quality aspects of dried foods. Three pretreatments prior to drying were evaluated for antioxidant capacity in two mango varieties viz. Ngowe and apple that were dehydrated in
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https://doaj.org/article/326cb3ddb34c47e4ad49c236f0cb7184
Publikováno v:
Advances in Agriculture, Vol 2019 (2019)
Mango is an economically important fruit crop but with a very short shelf life of about 4–9 days in ambient and between 2 and 3 weeks in cold storage. Extending the shelf life and marketing period of mango fruit requires application of quality pres
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https://doaj.org/article/7b00b67b030c4f938b0fc7fb6397b849
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Food Science, Vol 2019 (2019)
Various modes of edible coating application vary in their coat dispersion and film formation, hence the need to determine the most effective mode of application for cassava. Edible surface coatings have been found to be effective in preserving the qu
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https://doaj.org/article/145983e40787456f9aa582aad1972bf1