Technology on Reducing Postharvest Losses and Maintaining Quality

Abstract

The Syrian working paper includes three chapters. The first Chapter contains general information about the Syrian Arab Republic (where the site - the border - the most important cities – population). It also includes the agriculture in Syria (where importance - the distribution of land use - agricultural settlement zones – the important agricultural products, value of agricultural commodities for commercial exchange). The second chapter contains a presentation of postharvest techniques (Harvest - Pre cooling - Quality Control in the field – Packaging – Transport) and the best practices to be followed to reduce the loss and maintain the quality of fruits and vegetables. The third Chapter contains the recommendations for marketing chain and post-harvest techniques, these recommendations are at the macro level, at the farm level and the retailer level. Worksheet also includes many forms and important illustrations in point.