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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Main Author: International Potato Center
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144183
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description 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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spelling CGSpace1441832025-11-06T13:34:30Z The Soft Touch: How postharvest handling affects the quality and shelf-life of sweetpotato roots International Potato Center sweet potatoes 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 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. 2016-09 2024-05-30T20:18:40Z 2024-05-30T20:18:40Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144183 en Open Access application/pdf International Potato Center. 2016. The soft touch: how postharvest handling affects the quality and shelf-life of sweetpotato roots. Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa. 2 p.
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The Soft Touch: How postharvest handling affects the quality and shelf-life of sweetpotato roots
title The Soft Touch: How postharvest handling affects the quality and shelf-life of sweetpotato roots
title_full The Soft Touch: How postharvest handling affects the quality and shelf-life of sweetpotato roots
title_fullStr The Soft Touch: How postharvest handling affects the quality and shelf-life of sweetpotato roots
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