IoT4AGRI Consortium

Quality loss … a perishable supply chain challenge Lots of fruits and vegetables are being produced in Africa for European consumption and transported to the Netherlands by road, rail (Coolrail) or by sea via Port of Rotterdam. Product loss during transport, warehousing and distribution is about 14%. Transport losses represent almost 4%. Apart from using temperature-controlled transport with fixed settings, there is no monitoring of the quality loss during transport.

MACView®-Multiplexer launched

A new add-on device for the existing MACView®-Postharvest analyzer is lauched. A multiplexer which is able to sample multiple rooms,

Limit value measurements for ethylene in lettuce and cucumber

Exploratory research has been carried out into the effect limit values of ethylene on cucumber and lettuce.