Challenges and Advances in the Production of Export-Quality Macadamia and Its Integral Use with Green Technologies
Year: 2022
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Macadamia nut is an alternative crop for agricultural production in tropical Latin American countries. Its cultivation in itself constitutes a challenge for countries with high relative humidity temperatures, especially in the postharvest period. Environmentally friendly technologies suggest a comprehensive nut in shell (NIS) and kernels treatment, taking advantage of the waste generated in the drying process, critical point. This chapter explores the methods of the literature and those applied in local research for the integral use, drying of macadamia nuts, and their processing until obtaining products of high nutritional quality (dried nut and oil) and with clean technologies applicable to small producers.
Source: IntechOpen eBooks
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4286507066