This session focuses on post-harvest handling, storage, processing and preservation of fruits and vegetables. It covers ripening, maturity, cold storage, controlled atmosphere storage, minimal processing, drying, freezing, packaging, edible coatings and quality maintenance. The session also addresses post-harvest losses, supply chain management, value addition and technologies that improve shelf life, nutritional quality and marketability of fresh produce.







Title : Controlled environment ecosystem: A plant growth chamber to encounter climate change and grow plants through controlled environment technologies
Avinash Sharma, Arunachal University of Studies, India
Title : 3D printing of fish product enriched with essential nutrients
C O Mohan, ICAR - Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, India
Title : Transformation of agri-food systems
Famata Nanqui, Women's Agricultural Cooperative of Guinea-Bissau (CMA-GB), Guinea-Bissau
Title : NEXRIVOS: Cross-jurisdictional food safety analysis multi-agent large language model orchestrator with age-adaptive consumer education
Harika Kakkireni, Independent Research, United States
Title : Applied food science as a driver of next-generation food innovation
Harsha Hirdyani, Curcumin Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Title : Sensory evaluation, physicochemical characterization, and consumer acceptability of peanut-quinoa plant-based cheese formulations
Irene A Binag, Sultan Kudarat State University, Philippines