Agricultural Product Processing Industry Research Articles

Research on Cold Chain Logistics Based on Environmentally Friendly Rural One, Two and Three Industry Integration Development

In recent years, the state has supported the “three rural” reforms at a positive price, and the rural economic development mode has also undergone earth-shaking changes. With the transformation of the national economic structure and integration, there has been a convergence of agriculture and the secondary and tertiary industries. Momentum. New industries such as leisure agriculture, sightseeing agriculture, agricultural products processing industry, direct sales of agricultural products, and e-commerce platforms for agricultural products have promoted the development of high-end value-added agriculture and promoted the upgrading of agricultural production chains and value chains. To this end, the cold chain logistics based on agricultural products is accompanied by the rapid development of agriculture, how to complete the establishment of a cold chain logistics system for the integration of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas in the direction of low-carbon, green and environment-friendly national economic development. Perfecting and realizing the maximization of resources and improving the quality and efficiency of cold chain services for agricultural products are issues that need to be considered at present.

Current Situation, Problems and Countermeasures of Brand Construction of Agricultural Products in Hubei Province

Implementing agricultural product brand strategy is an inevitable choice for developing modern agriculture and participating in international competition. Hubei is a large agricultural province, but the overall strength of agricultural enterprises is weak; brand awareness is weak; and it lack of well-known agricultural product brands, and the development of agricultural products processing industry lags behind, which directly restricts brand creation. Hubei agricultural development must establish brand awareness, rely on local resources, highlight local characteristics to develop relevant brands, and vigorously promote standardized production of agricultural products, consolidate the quality foundation of branded agricultural products, improve brand technology content, and continuously enhance brand added value.

Investment Need Plans Analysis Using ICOR Method in Kuningan Regency as Metropolitan Cirebon Raya

This paper aimed at answering the goal of establishing Cirebon Raya Metropolitan as a center for economic development. Accelerated development is needed to increase economic growth in Kuningan Regency as one of the Greater Cirebon Metropolitan Area by increasing investment realization. Because one of the determinants of economic growth is investment, an analysis of the investment needs plan and data on investment sectors that are potential to be developed in Kuningan District are needed. Through this research, accurate data is obtained about the condition and development of investment in Kuningan Regency.To achieve this goal, an analytical description research method was conducted with data sources in the form of primary data and secondary data sourced from DPMTPSP, Bappeda, and BPS in Kuningan Regency related to Sectoral GRDP and investment data in both Kuningan and West Java Provinces. The data analysis technique uses the Incremental Capital Output Ratio (ICOR) method. This study lasted for 1 (one) year. The results of the study show that in welcoming the Greater Cirebon Metropolitan, the investment in the base sector in Kuningan Regency must be focused on the development of the Education Services, Transportation and Warehousing sector, and the agricultural and tourism products processing industries based on Agriculture, and natural resource potential.

Valorization of food solid waste by recovery of polyphenols using hybrid molecular imprinted membrane

The food and agricultural products processing industries generate significant quantities of phenolics-rich byproducts, which could be valuable natural sources of antioxidants. In the present study, hot water was used as a solvent to gain extract from lemon, orange and onion peels that were separated from domestic solid wastes. In order to recover the valuable compounds from food solid wastes extract, hybrid molecularly imprinted membrane (HMIM) was synthesized based on the prepared Qurecetin molecular imprinted polymer nanoparticles (Qu–MIP NPs). The binding capacity of the Qu–MIP NPs and its respective non imprinted towards qurecetin (Qu) were found to be 80 and 15 mmol g-1, respectively. The prepared HMIM was characterized using scanning electron microscope (SEM), and the specific surface area, pore volume and pore size were also investigated. The recovery percentage of each polyphenol compound using HMIM was calculated. It was found that the HMIM efficiently recovers the polyphenols from lemon, orange and onion peel extracts with different percentages.

Willingness to pay for organic cotton

PurposeConsumers seem to be increasingly concerned about the environmental and social consequences of their purchases. For this reason, companies are involved in corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies for their supply chain to responsibly manage the consumption of the environmental resources and to support sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the Italian organic apparel consumer by investigating the importance of consumers’ attitudes towards CSR in agricultural products processing industries and their willingness to pay (WTP) for organic cotton clothing.Design/methodology/approachQuestionnaire data were gathered in Italy on a Likert scale. Questions focussed on WTP for organic cotton, with the aim to test consumer responsiveness to a CSR initiative in Italy. A structural equation model is proposed to shed some light into this relatively unexplored area.FindingsOne of the direct implications of the authors’ study is that companies in apparel industry should try to improve their social and environmental performance to elicit the desired consumer responses.Originality/valueThis implies important managerial implications for new marketing strategies. If consumers’ perception of CSR practices drives their behavioural intention, firms will be motivated to be involved and to invest in socially responsible practices.

BENTUK PERLAKUAN PATRON TERHADAP KLIEN DALAM PERDAGANGAN KAYU MANIS DI PASAR NAGARI KABUPATEN TANAH DATAR

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze any form of treatment patron of the client in the cinnamon trade in Nagari Pasar Tanah Datar. The research is a qualitative research, the naturalistic or natural, it is done on a particular natural background, and has a particular case. The results of the research are: 1). Rooted historically to trading activity in the village market, especially with the Client Patron export commodities traders. 2). Having a wide network klientisasi in control of the business, has the ability to build reciprocity to strengthen social insurance with business partners. 3). Patron business network and market traders in villages Clients who trade export crops can be used as a base to develop the agricultural product processing industry whose market is wide open in the ASEAN and China. 4). The creation of a network of business groups klientisasi to village markets can be a forerunner to form a business network Minangkabau to compete with China's business network, in exploiting investment opportunities provided by the government of West Sumatra. 5). With the capability of reciprocity and social insurance held so far, can create business linkages (business leakage) with groups of businesses along the corridor of Sumatra.Keywords: Treatment, clients, cinnamon

Evaluation and Decomposition of the Innovation Efficiency in China\'s Agricultural and Food Products Processing Industry

Evaluation and Decomposition of the Innovation Efficiency in China\'s Agricultural and Food Products Processing Industry

Improvement of Sugar Production From Potato Pulp with Microwave Radiation and Ultrasonic Wave Pretreatments

Potato pulp was pretreated through the process of microwave and ultrasonic wave before they were hydrolyzed by cellulose. They were pretreated with microwave power of 240 W at microwave time of 7 min and with ultrasonic wave power of 200 W at ultrasonic wave time of 10 min, respectively. The reduction in sugar and glucose content in pretreated specimens under both pretreated conditions were measured by biotransformation method; the experimental results indicated that both the microwave and ultrasonic wave treatment could lead to significant improvement in sugar production, including reducing sugar and glucose, which provided potential strategies for widening practical application of potato pulp in the food industry. Practical Applications Energy and environment problems can be meaningfully addressed by fully using the by-products of the agricultural products processing industry. And this research is also of practical relevance with regard to the biofuel industry. In this study, use of microwave and ultrasonic wave pretreatment could lead to significant improvement in sugar production, including sugar and glucose reduction, which means improvements in production yield and reductions in production costs. And this also provides potential strategies for widening practical application of potato pulp and some other by-products of the agricultural products processing industry.

Construction of the Growth-Ability Structural Model for Enterprises in the Agricultural Products Processing Industry

Along with the current development of economy in China, it is one of the key issues to how to solve the growth of enterprises in the agricultural product processing industry with the respects to the solutions to three dimensional rural issues and the construction of harmonious society. In this paper, on the frame of the factor system which will influence the growth ability of enterprises in the agricultural product processing industry, the effective factors have been selected by applying the Delphi method. A diamond model for the growth ability of enterprises in the agricultural product processing industry has been designed on the basis of the Principal Component Analysis, which has given a direction to enterprises in the agricultural product processing industry for their further developments of the growth ability.

Sustainable Development of Agricultural Product Processing Industry in Jilin Province of China

Jilin is a big agricultural province in northeast China. Development of agricultural product processing industry and improvement of agro-food additional value play a vital role in improvement of living standard of farmer and increase of local government financial revenue. Therefore, agricultural product processing industry is regarded as the third pillar industry after automotive industry and petrochemical industry in Jilin Province, China. Considering the characteristics of agricultural product processing industry, such as water-consuming, over-dependent on water and agricultural products and so forth, its sustainable development seems more necessary than other industries. Sustainable development is not to limit development of agricultural product processing industry, but to further development. The investigation results demonstrated that development of agricultural product processing industry in Jilin Province is still at stage of extensive growth and the sustainable development faces big challenges. In this study, the factors that affect sustainable development of agricultural product processing industry in Jilin Province were discussed and the practicable strategies for sustainable development of agricultural product processing industry of Jilin Province were proposed.

Analysis on the Urgency of Environmental Cost Control of Agricultural Product Processing Industry in Jilin Province

Jilin Province is an agricultural province and agricultural products processing industry is an important pillar industry of economic development, but because of its particularity of resource endowment such as geographical location and climate conditions, while developing agricultural products processing industry, Jilin Province must control environmental cost, in order to keep the sustainable development of agricultural products processing industry. Only considering fully the sustainability of agricultural products processing industry, its long-term development can be obtained. The article analyzes the resource situation in Jilin Province, discusses the necessity and urgency of developing agricultural products processing industry in Jilin Province.

ANTIFUNGAL EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL GRAPE POMACE EXTRACTS

The food and agricultural products processing industries generate substantial quantities of phenolics-rich by-products, which could be valuable natural sources of antioxidants. Grape by-products for example have been the subject of this investigation and have proven to be effective sources of phenolic compounds and other antioxidants. Extracts from grape pomace coming from organic and conventional farming practices were characterised based on total phenol content (mmol GAE g -1 extract) and antioxidant capacity (mmol Trolox equ. g -1 extract) but only minor differences between organic and conventional farming practices were found. The antifungal effect of grape pomace extracts was also tested against food-related moulds. The growth of pathogen moulds such as Penicillium crysogenum, Penicillium expansum, Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma viride was inhibited by conventional grape pomace extracts, whereas the organic extracts showed markedly lower fungostatic capacity.

Quantification of main phenolic compounds in sweet and bitter orange peel using CE–MS/MS

Abstract The food and agricultural products processing industries generate substantial quantities of phenolics-rich subproducts, which could be valuable natural sources of polyphenols. In oranges, the peel represents roughly 30% of the fruit mass and the highest concentrations of flavonoids in citrus fruit occur in peel. In this work we have carried out the characterisation and quantification of citrus flavonoids in methanolic extracts of bitter and sweet orange peels using CE–ESI–IT–MS. Naringin ( m / z 579.2) and neohesperidin ( m / z 609.2) are the major polyphenols in bitter orange peels and narirutin ( m / z 579.2) and hesperidin ( m / z 609.2) in sweet orange peels. The proposed method allowed the unmistakable identification, using MS/MS experiments, and also the quantification of naringin (5.1 ± 0.4 mg/g), neohesperidin (7.9 ± 0.8 mg/g), narirutin (26.9 ± 2.1 mg/g) and hesperidin (35.2 ± 3.6 mg/g) in bitter and sweet orange peels. CE coupled to MS detection can provides structure-selective information about the analytes. In this work we have developed a CE–ESI–IT–MS method for the analysis and quantification of main phenolic compounds in orange peels.

Phenolic compounds in plants and agri-industrial by-products: Antioxidant activity, occurrence, and potential uses

Phenolic compounds, ubiquitous in plants are an essential part of the human diet, and are of considerable interest due to their antioxidant properties. These compounds posses an aromatic ring bearing one or more hydroxyl groups and their structures may range from that of a simple phenolic molecule to that of a complex high-molecular weight polymer. Flavonoids, which bear the C 6–C 3–C 6 structure, account for more than half of the over eight thousand different phenolic compounds. The antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds depends on the structure, in particular the number and positions of the hydroxyl groups and the nature of substitutions on the aromatic rings. Fruits, vegetables and beverages are the major sources of phenolic compounds in the human diet. The food and agricultural products processing industries generate substantial quantities of phenolics-rich by-products, which could be valuable natural sources of antioxidants. Some of these by-products have been the subject of investigations and have proven to be effective sources of phenolic antioxidants. When tested in edible oils, and in fish, meat and poultry products, phenolic-rich extracts have shown antioxidant activities comparable to that of synthetic antioxidants. Practical aspects of extraction and production of sufficient amounts of natural antioxidants from most of these sources remain to be elucidated.

Desertification Control in China: Possible Solutions

First as viewed from the industrial point of view emphasis is placed on the agricultural-product processing industry especially the processing. On the basis of this other industries are gradually developed and the internal structure of the industry is dominated by the light-processing industry. Second as viewed from the agricultural viewpoint agriculture has a very important position in implementing the strategies. To meet the demands for processing agricultural products the internal structure of agriculture needs to be readjusted so as to develop value-added products. Third both agriculture and industry are strengthened and can develop harmoniously to form an entirety. (excerpt)