The Soft Touch: How postharvest handling affects the quality and shelf-life of sweetpotato roots
Across Kenya, supermarket customers are now buying delicious golden bread made with vitamin A boosting orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) purée. To meet this demand, a year-round supply of fresh sweetpotato roots is required, and can be achieved through a combination of staggered production and the s...
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| Formato: | Brief |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144183 |
| Sumario: | Across Kenya, supermarket customers are now buying delicious golden bread made with vitamin A boosting orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) purée. To meet this demand, a year-round supply of fresh sweetpotato roots is required, and can be achieved through a combination of staggered production and the storage of fresh OFSP roots to cover periods of low supply. However, careful postharvest handling is required to optimise the quality and shelf-life of these roots. |
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