WORLD FOOD PRESERVATION CENTER BOOK SERIES

Because they live on the margins of food security, developing countries suffer the most from the postharvest loss of food. Such losses often exceed 50% of the harvested crop. A critical need exists for textbooks and reference books that address the postharvest "Skill Gap" in developing countries and provide solutions that can be adopted in areas with limited resources.

Recognizing the need to expand graduate postharvest programs in developing countries and create new textbooks on the postharvest preservation of food, the World Food Preservation Center® LLC and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), have partnered to produce the World Food Preservation Center Book Series.
 
The World Food Preservation Center Book Series consists of edited books addressing postharvest food loss problems especially in developing countries. Classical postharvest biology and technology is covered with applications for developing countries in the harvesting, storage, transport, and marketing of food. New technologies for the preservation of food in developing countries are explored including solar refrigeration, non-thermal processing, active and intelligent packaging, biological control, solar drying, hermetic storage, food safety,  and food export The books are aimed at professional food scientists, academicians researching postharvest food problems, and graduate level postharvest students.

PUBLISHED BOOKS
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Five books have now been published in the World Food Preservation Center Book Series: 

Cold Chain Management for the Fresh Produce Industry in the Developing World

​Synthetic Pesticide Use in Africa: Impact on People, Animals, and the Environment

​Bio-management of Postharvest Diseases and Mycotoxigenic Fungi

Animal Sourced Foods for Developing Economies: Preservation, Nutrition, and Safety

Postharvest Extension and Capacity Building for the Developing World
 

POTENTIAL AUTHORS
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CRC Press is a premier publisher of science, technology, and medical reference books, textbooks and online content, reaching around the globe to collect essential reference material and the latest advances for researchers, academics, professionals and students. CRC Press is a member of Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business.
 
Potential authors who wish to submit book proposals for the World Food Preservation Center Book Series should contact:
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Charles Wilson at  worldfoodpreservationcenter@gmail.com  
or Stephen Zollo at Stephen.zollo@taylorandfranics.com.