▶ Covers technologies for ripeness, quality, damage and disease assessment and prediction; Grading and classification techniques; postharvest treatments, value-addition, and traceability ▶ Examines processing technologies for agricultural and horticultural products; explores properties of foods and agricultural products ▶ Reviews sensors, sensing technology and process control ▶ Focuses on rese...

Bin Zhu 1, Xiaoning Song 1,*, Pei Leng 2, Chuan Sun 1, Ruixin Wang 1 and Xiaoguang Jiang 1 1 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; [email protected] (B.Z.); [email protected] (C.S.); [email protected] (R.W.); [email protected] (X.J.) 2 Key Laboratory of Agri-Informatics, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Agricultural Resources and Re...

1Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, PO Box 90, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada J1M 1Z3; 2Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Wales SY23 3EB, UK; 3Welsh Institute of Rural Studies, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3AL, Wales, UK; and 4L’Alliance Boviteq Inc...

▶ Covers technologies for ripeness, quality, damage and disease assessment and prediction; Grading and classification techniques; postharvest treatments, value-addition, and traceability ▶ Examines processing technologies for agricultural and horticultural products; explores properties of foods and agricultural products ▶ Reviews sensors, sensing technology and process control ▶ Focuses on rese...

This work proposes a social networks integrated sensor platform for cold chain logistics to effectively assure agri-food safety and quality. Accordingly, this will enhance consumer confidence and reduce the logistics cost. As a case study, employing WeChat social networks, a remote environment monitoring system inside a vehicle has been developed. Experiment results show that the proposed appro...

1Department of Horticultural Engineering, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering (ATB), Potsdam, Germany 2Agro-polymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies, French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Montpellier, France 3Postharvest Technology Research Laboratory, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa 4Curtin Horticulture Research...

▶ Covers technologies for ripeness, quality, damage and disease assessment and prediction; Grading and classification techniques; postharvest treatments, value-addition, and traceability ▶ Examines processing technologies for agricultural and horticultural products; explores properties of foods and agricultural products ▶ Reviews sensors, sensing technology and process control ▶ Focuses on rese...