However, to make such opportunity operational, more research on appropriate technologies to store, transport, process, and ensuring quality will be necessary. The review of some of these projects and their impact points to an overall positive contribution. Since so far, relatively little has been invested in postharvest research, there is potential for large impacts as constraints and bottlenecks are removed. It would thus be desirable to re-examine current funding priorities and to allocate a larger proportion of resources to the postharvest area. Download full-text discussion paper .
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