Subramanian, JayasankarSubramanian, Kizhaeral SevathapandianNamali Hewajulige, Ilmi GangaHutchinson, Margaret JesangWickham, Lynda DoloresMwatawala, Maulid2018-08-102018-08-102018-07http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57175Annexes catalogued separatelyAcknowledgement: This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), www.idrc.ca, and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Foreign Affairs Canada (GAC), www.international.gc.ca.This paper provides a synthesis of very positive results and milestones from various trials of hexanal on a variety of tropical fruit crops in five countries. Based on trial discoveries, a spray formulation with hexanal as the key ingredient (called Enhanced Freshness Formulation or EFF) was developed and safely tested on many fruit crops as a pre-harvest spray as well as a postharvest dip treatment. In mango and banana cultivation, hexanal use positively affected the entire value chain. It is a naturally occurring enzyme and safely extends the shelf life of fruit, with potentially huge impact on postharvest losses.application/pdfenPOSTHARVEST HANDLINGNANOTECHNOLOGYPOSTHARVEST LOSSESFOOD STORAGEFOOD PRESERVATIONHEXANALFRUIT CROPSSHELF LIFEWOMEN FARMERSGENDER ROLESGLOBAL SOUTHFinal Technical Report