Food waste represents one of the major problems in the food industry, as it accounts for
substantial social, economic, and environmental challenges due to the waste of resources …

Despite the growing demand for green banana (GB) products, there is no review study
regarding their potential health benefits. We aimed to compare the health benefits among …

This study presents an evaluation of the food-energy-water nexus (FEWn), complemented
by a thorough life cycle assessment (LCA), of four young cacao production systems: two full …

Ecuador is the third largest cacao exporter in the world. Up to 10% of Ecuador's cacao
production is grown in the Amazon region, mostly under conventional (CA) and organic (OA) …

The transportation stage of the banana production chain has influence on banana quality
and other lifecycle parameters. Certain factors, such as chilling injury (CI), have detrimental …

Bananas are one of the most widely consumed crops globally. However, this industry
generates a large amount of residual biomass that is currently undervalued. The disposal of …

The large amounts of organic waste thrown into the garbage without any productivity, and
the increase in the demand for electrical energy worldwide, has led to the search for new …

The life cycle environmental impacts of banana production and then its supply to the end
user in Turkey were investigated. The low ground water temperatures in Turkey inhibits the …

This work performs the ethanol production by a fermentation approach based on three
banana residues simultaneously (banana pulp and peels, and banana pseudostem) in the …

An important part of the environmental contamination comes from the daily practices of the
households, which has been partially ignored in the recent empirical literature. The objective …