Innovative sustainable technologies to extend the shelf life of perishable mediterranean fresh fruit, vegetables, and aromatic plants and to reduce waste: the experience of PRIMA StopMedWaste project

Postharvest losses of fruit, vegetables, and aromatic plants have high economic impact in the Mediterranean area and contribute to food waste. One of the United Nations Priorities, the ZeroHunger Challenge, consists of cutting food waste by half by 2030. S topMedWaste Project (2020 2024) see the int...

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Autores principales: Romanazzi, Gianfranco, Tzortzakis, Nikolaos, Ippolito, Antonio, Allagui, Mohamed Bechir, Spadaro, Davide, Kinay-Teksur, Pervin, Pérez-Gago, María B., Kilic, M., Montesinos, C., Xylia, Panayiota, Mincuzzi, Annamaria, Garello, Marco, Remolif, Giulia, Palou, Lluís, d'Ortenzio, A. L., Landi, Lucia, Moumni, M.
Formato: conferenceObject
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Department of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8838
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Sumario:Postharvest losses of fruit, vegetables, and aromatic plants have high economic impact in the Mediterranean area and contribute to food waste. One of the United Nations Priorities, the ZeroHunger Challenge, consists of cutting food waste by half by 2030. S topMedWaste Project (2020 2024) see the interaction of 8 Research Units (UNIVPM, CUT, UNIBA, INRAT, UNITO, UE, IVIA, IKACHEM and DECCO) to join efforts to extend the shelf life of fresh fruit, vegetables, and aromatic plants by applying physical means, nat ural compounds and biocontrol agents.