UNMC featured in Asia Research News 2014
April 25, 2014
We have been fortunate enough to have three pieces in the 2014 issue of Asia Research News. The featured articles are: Page 6: Natural protections for tropical fruits prolong shelf life Page 29: Crossing continents: Where we drive affects how we drive Page 50: Exposing the secret life of endangered elephants An interactive version of …
The Rockefeller Foundation Food Waste and Spoilage initiative
March 19, 2014
This post was contributed by Asgar Ali The Rockefeller Foundation Food Waste and Spoilage initiative facilitated by the Global Knowledge Initiative in Kuala Lumpur: – successes achieved by Malaysia in reducing food loss, such that these lessons learned might be applied to the African context where post-harvest loss remains a significant and complex challenge Approximately …
CEPB Blogs
October 7, 2013
This post was contributed by Asgar Ali. The following blogs might be of interest to those working in Food Security or Post Harvest Technology: http://www.ng.hu/Tudomany/2012/12/elelmiszerbevonatok_uj_korszaka http://earthsky.org/feeding-the-future/asgar-ali-edible-coatings-keep-fruits-and-vegetables-fresh-2 http://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/blog/index.php/2012/03/grow-not-waste-not/#more-785 http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=education&file=/2012/1/29/education/10538865 http://www.farminguk.com/News/Making-sure-the-food-we-grow-is-good-enough-to-eat_22647.html
Centre for Post-harvest Biotechnology: Custom Tag
October 3, 2013
In a recent post I said that I would tag posts for specific groups so that you could use them on your own web site (for example) to give you a URL that provided easy access to blog posts. At that time, I set up a MEME tag, which gives access to all the posts …
University Of Nottingham Lecturer Assigned Associate Editor for Leading Journal
September 11, 2013
The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology (JHSB), a leading peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality research in the field of horticulture, has recently assigned Dr Asgar Ali from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus as an Associate Editor. Established in 1919, JHSB was the first journal to achieve global circulation and impact in the field …
An International Arena for Natural Products: Courtesy of Our Postharvest Team
September 9, 2013
Over the past few years, the research team at the Centre of Excellence for Postharvest Biotechnology (CEPB) has been studying the use of natural products as edible coatings to maintain the quality of perishable fruits and vegetables. They have successfully utilised chitosan (a waste product from crustaceans) along with gum Arabic (a common food additive) …
Award of Recognition for contribution in Postharvest Research and Education
January 28, 2013
An Award of Recognition was presented by CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering) to nine leading international researchers in the field of postharvest technologies. The awards were presented for ‘Contribution in Postharvest Research and Education’ …. see more.
A new era of food coatings
December 7, 2012
An article has just appeared on the National Geographic web site. It focuses on the work of Asgar Ali. The article begins: “Every day we face a maximum payload of packed shelves deburring, sticky texture of fruits, home and fret that the sticky coating used to protect crops, almost impossible to wash off.” The full …
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