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Maintaining Production Quality and Improving

Market Assess

Bussara Chankaewmanee

Post-harvest and Product Processing Research and Development OfficeDepartment of Agriculture

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Topic

Quality

Factors affecting quality

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Factors affecting quality

Variety

Location, soil, Irrigation, water,

Pesticides and hormone use

Harvesting

Collecting / preparation

Transport storage

Packaging

Marketing

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LogisticInput/

raw mat.

GMP

Far

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Fo

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ISO 22000

ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 / OHSAS 18001 / SA 8000

Traceability

Organic

Farm Factory Distributor Consumer

GAPOrganic/HACCP

GMP/HACCPBRC/IFS/SQF

HALALJAPAN

BRC/GMP/IFS/OHSASHygiene inspection/ Logistic/

Supply chain inspectionService certification/

Performance evaluation

Product certification

Product inspection

GHP/GMP

Agricultural Products Supply Chain

Packhouse

Collecting RetailCatering

FARM CONSUMERS

Farmer

Uncertain time

Increased Yield Fix Yield

Stakeholders

Certain time

HARVEST

Many productsone products

Agricultural technology

many knowledge &technologies

Value added

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Factors affecting quality

Variety

Location, soil, Irrigation, water,

Pesticides and hormone use

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Tomato

Asparagus

Okra

Baby corn Fresh Soybean

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Factors affecting quality

Variety

Location, soil, Irrigation, water,

Pesticides and hormone use

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Factors affecting quality Variety

Location, soil, Irrigation, water,

Pesticides and hormone use

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Factors affecting quality

Harvesting

Suitable Timing

early / delay / time of the day

Equipment s

Techniques

Practices

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Factors affecting quality

Collecting / preparation and storage by

farmers

Transport practices

vehicals / distance

Packaging

After harvest

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Factors affecting quality

Collecting / preparation and storage by

farmers

Transport practices

vehicals / distance

Packaging

After harvest

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Factors affecting quality

Demand

Sanitary

Practices

Marketing

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Sanitary

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