Cold Chain Monitoring in Fresh Produce Export: A Case Study of Temperature Excursions and Loss

Authors

  • Hermine Danzinger Department of Agri-Food Supply Chains, Traunviertel Centre for Digital Agriculture, Wels, Austria Author
  • Lamprini Bakogiannis Centre for Post-Harvest Research, Kopais Institute of Agro-Informatics, Aliartos, Greece Author
  • Custodio Fontoura Department of Agri-Food Supply Chains, Vale do Tejo Centre for Digital Agriculture, Cartaxo, Portugal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22664591

Keywords:

Cold Chain Monitoring in Fresh Produce Export; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

Cold Chain Monitoring in Fresh Produce Export has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working farm can
actually use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for cold chain monitoring
in fresh produce export, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has
genuinely settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption
looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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Published

2023-06-29