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Postharvest handling and utilization of cactus fruits, Mexico

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This practice provides a description of the postharvest handling and utilization of the cactus fruits in food industry. The practice is aimed at building the technical capacity leading to improvement of the products which are prepared from cactus especially for the small scale farmers and agro processors. It covers the technical aspects of processing selected agricultural produce and the appropriate environments in which these products can be processed at small scale level with a small scale farmer in mind.

Language English

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