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2003El presente documento, titulado «Manual para la preparación y venta de frutas y hortalizas», presenta y explica de una forma clara los aspectos de mayor interés que deben ser considerados cuando se emprende una actividad relacionada con el comercio de frutas y hortalizas, a escala pequeña o mediana principalmente. El manual contiene elementos fundamentales y útiles, con ejemplos prácticos relativos a la cosecha, la postcosecha y la preparación de los productos para el mercado, el almacenamiento, los aspectos higiénicos y sanitarios, el concepto de calidad y la venta propiamente dicha de frutas y hortalizas. El apéndice del manual contiene modelos de reglamentaciones aplicables, basados en el Codex Alimentarius, para una implementación eficaz y eficiente que asegure una calidad e inocuidad satisfactorias de la comercialización de frutas y hortalizas. Asimismo, se encuentra en el apéndice un valioso y útil glosario que permite identificar una gran variedad de frutas y hortalizas con un g ran potencial comercial. -
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DocumentFactsheetReducing Post-Harvest Losses in Fruits and Vegetables in South Asian Countries - TCP RAS 3502 2018Fruits and vegetables make a significant contribution to food security, nutrition and poverty reduction, as well as to generating economic development in South Asian countries. However, poor quality, questionable safety and high levels of post-harvest losses are major bottlenecks faced in traditional fruit and vegetable supply chains in the region. The project aimed to pilot the implementation of good post-harvest management practices to manage quality, assure safety and reduce losses in prioritized traditional fruit and vegetable supply chains with stakeholders, in order to generate evidence to support the uptake of the improved practices.
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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideManual para la preparación y venta de frutas y hortalizas
Del campo al mercado
2003El presente documento, titulado «Manual para la preparación y venta de frutas y hortalizas», presenta y explica de una forma clara los aspectos de mayor interés que deben ser considerados cuando se emprende una actividad relacionada con el comercio de frutas y hortalizas, a escala pequeña o mediana principalmente. El manual contiene elementos fundamentales y útiles, con ejemplos prácticos relativos a la cosecha, la postcosecha y la preparación de los productos para el mercado, el almacenamiento, los aspectos higiénicos y sanitarios, el concepto de calidad y la venta propiamente dicha de frutas y hortalizas. El apéndice del manual contiene modelos de reglamentaciones aplicables, basados en el Codex Alimentarius, para una implementación eficaz y eficiente que asegure una calidad e inocuidad satisfactorias de la comercialización de frutas y hortalizas. Asimismo, se encuentra en el apéndice un valioso y útil glosario que permite identificar una gran variedad de frutas y hortalizas con un g ran potencial comercial.
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