- Author: Mary E. Reed
We are pleased to announce that Chiamaka Nwammadu has been selected as the top applicant who met the stated goals of the 2014 Postharvst Technology Short Course scholarship. Ms. Nwammadu is a M. Sc. student at the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria.
The goal of the scholarship opportunity, funded primarily by a trust created by Leonard and Marseille Morris, is to provide an individual from a developing country the opportunity to learn about managing the postharvest handling of horticultural crops with an intent to take that information back to their home country and utilize it to benefit others in their region.
The UC Cooperative Extension Specialists who reviewed the applications had...
- Author: Mary E. Reed
This was the second year that the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center was able, with thanks to major funding from an endowment created by Leonard and Marseille Morris, to provide a scholarship to the Postharvest Technology Short Course. The goal of the scholarship is to "provide an individual from a developing country the opportunity to learn about managing the postharvest handling of horticultural crops with an intent to take that information back to their home country and utilize it to benefit others in their region."
After an intensive review of the more than fifty applications received, Hussein Yunus Alhassan from Ghana was selected. The following is his report:
The Postharvest Technology of...
- Author: Diane Nelson
People who work with fresh produce quality, safety and marketability face complicated questions. How can I find a greener way to protect my crops from pests during transport? How long can I store my bountiful crop and at what temperature so it will still be marketable next month? What’s being done to improve the flavor of fresh fruit?
These questions and many, many more will be answered during the 35th Annual Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops Short Course at UC Davis June 17-28, an intensive two-week study of the biology and latest technologies for handling fruits, nuts, vegetables and ornamentals in California.
“It’s a very valuable course,” said Mohit Bansal, food...
- Author: Mary E. Reed
When the Postharvest Technology Center first announced the availability of a scholarship to the 34th Postharvest Technology Short Course in February, a fair amount of interest was anticipated. However, we certainly did not expect to receive more than 50 applications for the scholarship, which was valued at approximately $5500.
It was a painstaking process to winnow through all the applications and select just one individual that we thought would best be able to implement the stated goal of taking the information learned back to their home country and sharing and utilizing that information to make improvements in the local and regional postharvest handling systems. We selected Mekbib Hilegebrile Seife,...
- Author: Mary E. Reed
Four Postharvest Specialists from the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center traveled to Sarajevo, October 24-28, to present a week-long Postharvest Technology training. Drs. Beth Mitcham, Marita Cantwell, Mary Lu Arpaia and Michael Reid presented 39 instructional sessions over a three-and-a-half day period. Zdenec Svec from the Czech Republic also presented a talk focusing on regional marketing and trade issues. The training session was followed by a 1-1/2 day field tour visiting a number of postharvest processing facilities. The training was the result of a herculean effort led by Filip Stoyanovic, Director of a USAID Regional Competitiveness Initiative, and supported by eleven USAID projects as well as funding from the governments...