Rick Hodges & Graham Farrell 
Crop Post-Harvest 
Science and Technology, Volume 2: Durables – Case Studies in the Handling and Storage of Durable Commodities

Durable commodities are the raw products from which food can be
made and are the staples on which most humans rely; with but a few
exceptions they are the seeds of plants. Volume 1 of this
ground-breaking book series (details below) explains how crops
should be dried, handled, protected from pests and stored by
smaller holders or large-scale enterprises. This second volume
presents a series of case studies on how durable crops are actually
stored and marketed. The compilation of this three-volume work has
been supported and is endorsed by the Natural Resources Institute
of the University of Greenwich, U.K.

The editors of this comprehensive and thorough book are well
known and respected in the world of post-harvest science and
technology. They have drawn together 36 expert contributors from
Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia, South America and Africa
to provide a huge wealth of information on major world crops
including rice, maize, wheat, barley, sorghum, beans, cowpea,
oilseeds, peanuts, copra, coffee, cocoa, dried fruit and nuts, and
dried fish.

Crop Post Harvest, Volume 2 is an essential purchase for
cereal technologists, food scientists and technologists,
agricultural scientists, entomologists, post-harvest crop
protection specialists and consultants, commercial growers,
shippers and warehousing operatives, and personnel of packaging
companies. Researchers and upper-level students in food science,
food technology, post-harvest science and technology, crop
protection, applied biology, and plant and agricultural sciences
will find a huge amount of great use within this landmark
publication and the three-volume series as a whole. All libraries
in research establishments and universities where these subjects
are studied and taught should have several copies of each on their
shelves.

Table of Content

Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Rice.

2. Maize.

3. Wheat.

4. Malting Barley: Europe.

5. Sorghum.

6. Common Beans: Latin America.

7. Cowpea: United States of America.

8. Miscellaneous Oilseeds.

9. Peanuts.

10. Copra: The Philippines.

11. Coffee.

12. Cocoa: West Africa (Ghana).

13. Dried Fruit and Nuts: United States of America.

14. Cured Fish.

Index.

About the author

Dr Rick Hodges is Reader in Post-Harvest Entromology at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, U.K. and is Secretary of the Global Post-Harvest Forum (Ph Action). Dr Graham Farrell is Director of Plant Clinic Limited, a U.K. based company, providing advice on plant health based on sustainable principles.