China, the largest country in vegetable supply, faces a transition to sustainable vegetable production to counteract resource waste and environmental pollution. However, there are knowledge gaps on the main constraints and how to achieve sustainable vegetable supply. Herein, we integrated the ...

Background: The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend intake of a variety of vegetables, including dark green, red, and orange vegetables and starchy and other vegetables. Objectives: This study aims to describe sociodemographic differences in the contribution of different categories ...

The study was conducted to determine farmers' attitude towards environment friendly vegetable cultivation and to explore the relationship of the selected characteristics with farmers' attitude. The study also identified constraints faced by farmers in relation to environment friendly vegetable...

Shipping containers are used globally for the domestic distribution and export of several products. In this study, we compared the efficacy of controlled atmosphere (CA) containers to reefer containers based on the quality of 41 fresh fruits and vegetables exported from Japan to Singapore. We used...

Original and elite seeds of agricultural plants are the basis for production of reproductive seeds and contribute to an increase in the production of vegetable products, providing raw materials to processing companies of the republic. Greenhouse varieties and hybrids of vegetable crops have a high...

Vegetable agriculture, which has high investment capital and operating costs, plays an important role in the development of the country's economy. Vegetable production is the principal area of Turkish agriculture as vegetables have fulfilled the daily food requirements of humanity for ages....

The high population and horticultural production in Banyuwangi indirectly contribute to the number of landfills, where as much as 60% of the waste in the dump is organic, such as vegetables, fruit, and food. Therefore, a solution is needed to utilize waste from human activities as a helpful product ...

This study sought to understand the health risks of foodborne pathogens in fresh leafy vegetables that are grown and consumed locally in Yaounde, Cameroon. Through a survey, 200 respondents were recruited to relate possible food-related illnesses to leafy vegetable consumption. Additionally, a...

Rare earth elements (REEs) can cause neoplasms, reduce bone density, affect children's intelligence, etc., and diet is an important way for the human body to absorb REEs. With the increasing use of REEs, the impact on human health is becoming more and more important. So, we used a probabilistic...

Due to various policies measures to curtail the virus, one of which was lockdown, the occurrence of COVID-19 had a negative impact on the nation's economy, especially the rural smallholder farmers. The study looked into how Covid-19 lockdowns affected Nigerian vegetable production. Descriptive...