POSTHARVEST MANAGEMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLE: A POTENTIAL FOR REDUCING POVERTY, HIDDEN HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA

Postharvest management of fruits and vegetable: A potential for reducing poverty, hidden hunger and malnutrition in sub-Sahara Africa

Fruits and vegetable (FV) production is an emerging horticulture sub-sector in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) despite the fact that, almost one-third of the produced FV is lost before reaching the plate.FV postharvest losses in SSA range from 30 to 80%, depending on a crop.Lack of postharvest management skills and technology such as temperature control to

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Mining of the Association Rules Between Socio-Economic Development Indicators and Rural Harmless Sanitary Toilet Penetration Rate to Inform Sanitation Improvement in China

The imbalance of socioeconomic development (SED) in different regions of China has resulted in the variability of rural infrastructure penetration.This study aims to improve the SED of each region in China to increase the penetration rate of rural harmless sanitary toilets (RHST).For this purpose, we used association rule mining to analyze the rela

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