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Final Report Review of International Best Practice for Postharvest Final Report Review of international best practice for postharvest management of sweet cherries Project leader: John Golding Delivery partner: NSW Department of Primary Industries Project code: CY17000 Hort Innovation – Final Report Project: Review of international best practice for postharvest management of sweet cherries CY17000 Disclaimer: Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited (Hort Innovation) makes no representations and expressly disclaims all warranties (to the extent permitted by law) about the accuracy, completeness, or currency of information in this Final Report. Users of this Final Report should take independent action to confirm any information in this Final Report before relying on that information in any way. Reliance on any information provided by Hort Innovation is entirely at your own risk. Hort Innovation is not responsible for, and will not be liable for, any loss, damage, claim, expense, cost (including legal costs) or other liability arising in any way (including from Hort Innovation or any other person’s negligence or otherwise) from your use or non-use of the Final Report or from reliance on information contained in the Final Report or that Hort Innovation provides to you by any other means. Funding statement: This project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the Cherry research and development levy, contributions from the Australian Government and in-kind contributions from NSW Department of Primary Industries. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture. Publishing details: ISBN 978 0 7341 4379 2 Published and distributed by: Hort Innovation Level 8 1 Chifley Square Sydney NSW 2000 Telephone: (02) 8295 2300 www.horticulture.com.au © Copyright 2018 Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited Hort Innovation – Final Report: Review of international best practice for postharvest management of sweet cherries (CY17000) Content Review of international best practice for postharvest management of sweet cherries 1 Content 3 Summary 4 Keywords 4 Introduction 4 Methodology 5 Outputs 5 Outcomes 6 Monitoring and evaluation 7 Recommendations 8 Refereed scientific publications 10 References 10 Intellectual property, commercialisation and confidentiality 10 Acknowledgements 10 Appendices 11 3 Hort Innovation – Final Report: Review of international best practice for postharvest management of sweet cherries (CY17000) Summary The future success of the Australian cherry industry will be driven by the need to consistently deliver high quality fruit to the consumer. Indeed the Australian Cherry Strategic Investment Plan identified that there is a very high possibility that unless there is an effective intervention of improved quality and consumption, prices on the domestic market will decline further to the point of negative returns for many businesses (Cherry SIP 2017-22). It is therefore essential to take advantage of the growing demand for cherries in nearby export markets by consistently delivering high quality cherries. This review identified the key pre- and postharvest management practices to consistently deliver high quality fruit to the consumer. Postharvest handling and storage are critical components of maintaining and delivering high quality cherry fruit. Cherries are perishable and relatively delicate where pitting and bruising damage can easily occur during handling and packing. These disorders are insidious as they do not immediately appear during handling but are expressed during storage in the supply chain. It is critical that growers and packers continually manage their packing operations to prevent these disorders and effectively manage postharvest decay. In addition the effective management of stem freshness, i.e. maintaining the green colour of the stem is critical to maintain overall fruit acceptability and consumer acceptability. While cosmetic in appearance, stem condition is critical and green fresh looking stems need to be maintained from harvest through to the consumer. One of the most important aspects to maintain fruit quality is temperature management and maintenance of the cool chain. Cherry fruit are very perishable and storage or handling at higher than recommended temperatures reduces quality and storage life. It is essential to maintain correct handling and storage temperatures from the orchard to the consumer. While the cool chain can be directly managed on farm and in the cool room, it is essential to work with the entire supply chain, including trucking companies and the retailers, to maintain the cool chain and fruit quality through to the consumer. Increased competition from other southern hemisphere competitors such as Chile into important exports markets, reinforce the need to improve fruit quality and market differentiation on overseas markets. Cherries are a fruit with high growing, harvesting and packing costs. It is critical that the Australian cherries transition to a premium product with higher quality, larger fruit with better flavour and nutrition. To capitalise on improved quality, it is essential that the postharvest handling and presentation of fruit to the consumer is improved. The future success of the Australian cherry industry will depend on the application of international best practice for the postharvest management of cherries both for the domestic and export markets. Recommendations for future postharvest R&D to improve the consistency of high fruit quality onto domestic and export markets are presented. While there are numerous innovations and developments in postharvest technologies and packaging, the ultimate use of any technology is the one which provides optimum performance at the lowest economic and environmental cost. Keywords cherry, storage, packaging, quality, shelf-life, postharvest Introduction The Australian cherry industry is in a strong phase of growth with forecast increases in production over the next five years. The continued profitability of the Australian cherry industry with this increased production will rely on increased sales on both domestic and export markets (Australian Cherry Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) 2017-22). However the Cherry SIP identified that there is a very high possibility that unless there is an effective intervention of improved quality and consumption, prices on the domestic market will decline further to the point of negative returns for many businesses (Cherry SIP 2017-22). To improve industry profitability, effective domestic marketing strategies are in place to drive demand right through peak harvest. Thus to underpin domestic growth, the improvement in fruit quality to the consumer is essential. However best practice postharvest management through the supply chain from the farm to the consumer must be the foundation of this economic growth. Previous cherry postharvest and supply chain research identified tremendous opportunities to improve postharvest practices in the Australian cherry supply chain (Golding et al., 2012). It is therefore important to get a better understanding of these causes and develop a whole 4 Hort Innovation – Final Report: Review of international best practice for postharvest management of sweet cherries (CY17000) of supply chain improvement strategy to improve quality. This project reviewed and evaluated local and international best practice to optimise fruit quality, shelf-life and profitability. While it is important to maintain and grow the domestic market, the future of the Australian cherry industry will rely on exports. Increasing production in the next five years with a stagnant domestic market will result in seriously depressed prices and eroding industry profitability (Australian Cherry SIP 2017-22). It is therefore essential to take advantage of the growing demand for cherries in nearby export markets. While cherry exports have steadily increased each year from 2011-12 to 2015-16, rising from $16 million to $76 million, the consistent delivery of high quality fruit is essential. This will rely on adopting world’s best practice in production and postharvest management. The export supply chain has added complexity and requires specific postharvest, market access and export strategies. The future success of the Australian cherry industry will depend on the application of international best practice for the management of cherries both for the domestic and export markets. There has been a lack of innovation and development of postharvest practices in the Australian cherry industry. While many progressive growers and packers are trialing and implementing new technologies, there is a need to review all new international innovations and commercially apply international best practice across industry. This review was conducted and applied in this project. There is resistance from some in the Australian cherry industry to invest in packaging capability, yet this presents an opportunity to value add and reduce shrinkage in the supply chain, which is ultimately a cost to the grower. This project reviewed international best practice for postharvest management of cherries and made strategic recommendations on key technologies and systems that should be evaluated and adapted in Australia. Methodology The project reviewed current Australian and international cherry Industry approaches to postharvest practices that optimise shelf-life, fruit quality and profitability. The review considered all the factors associated with good postharvest practices including from pre-harvest growing conditions, harvest, handling,
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