- Collates over 30 years’ worth of research into sustainable avocado production by one of the most prominent experts in the field
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the avocado supply chain and how key elements of this value chain can be optimised to improve avocado production
- Reviews the nutritional value and potential health benefits of avocado, as well as its application in medicine, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
Mục lục
1.Avocado: an introduction to the fruit and its pre- and post-harvest processing
2.Nutritional components, health benefits and medicinal uses of avocado
3.The global avocado industry
4.Advances in pre-harvest management of avocado
5.Advances in post-harvest physiology, treatment and handling of fresh avocado
6.Advances in processing of avocado products
7.Trading and marketing of avocado
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Professor Elhadi M. Yahia is Emeritus Professor (Investigador Nacional Emerito) at the Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico. He is also a Courtesy Professor at the University of Florida, USA. Professor Yahia has published 20 books in 3 languages and more than 400 book chapters and articles on post-harvest handling of fresh produce. He has worked at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) where he helped launch the Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. He has served as a consultant to many organizations such as the FAO, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO), USAID, USDA and ICARDA. He is member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the New York Academy of Sciences, The Scientific Research Society (Sigma Xi) and The Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) of the World Food Logistics Organization.
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