Section VI: Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering

 

CIGR Section VI is devoted to follow the trends, promote the advancement and enhance the dissemination and the transfer of technology in post-harvest and processing at a global scale.

Members:

 

Chair: Prof. Jozef Grochowicz, Agricultural University, Institute of Food Engineering, Doswiadczalna 44, Lublin 20-236, Poland.
T.: +48 81 45051
F.: +48 81 33549
E-mail: jozef.grochowicz@ar.lublin.pl


Vice Chair: Prof. Shujun Li, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization (CAAMS), No. 1 Beishatan, Deshengmen Wai Beijing, 100083 China
T.: +86 10 64882219
F.: +86 10 64872806 / 64877326
E-mail: lisj@caams.org.cn


Secretary: Dr. Paolo Menesatti, Istituto Sperimentale per la Meccanizzazione Agricola, Via della Pascolare 16, Monterotondo (Roma) 16-00016, Italy
T.: +39 06 90675 / 328-2741103
F.: +39 06 25591
E-mail: pmene@email.it

Members:

Dr. Zhongli Pan, Processed Foods Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA.
T.: +1 510 5595861
F.: +1 510 5595851
E-mail: zpan@pw.usda.gov

Prof. Kiyohiko Toyoda, Department of Agricultural Engineering Faculty of Agriculture Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, 657-8501 Japan.

T.: +81-78-803-5909
F.: + 81-78-803-5909
E-mail: toyoda@kobe-u.ac.jp


Prof. Vilas M. Salokhe, School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

T.: (662) 524-6398
F.: +66-2-5162126
E-mail: salokhe@ait.ac.th

Prof. Cesar Kapseu, ENSAI, University of Ngaoundere, P.O. Box 455, Ngaoundere, Cameroon.
T.: +237 764 1211, 985 4428
E-mail: kapseu@yahoo.fr, kapseu_cesar@yahoo.fr

Dr. Arzhang Javadi, Director-General, Agricultural Engineering Research Institute IAERI, P.O. Box 31585-845, Karaj, Iran
T.: +98 261 2705320
F.: +98 261 2706277
E-mail: email2arzhang@yahoo.com

Dr. Linus U. Opara, Associate Professor & Director, Agricultural Experiment Station, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 34, Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

T./F.: +968 244-15238 (Experiment Station)
T.: +968 244-15226

F.: +968 244-13418 (College Building)
E-mail: linus@squ.edu.om,umunam@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Manuela Zude, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam-Bornim, Germany
T.: +49 331 5699 616
F.: +49 331 5699 849
E-mail: zude@atb-potsdam.de

Prof. Pavel Kadlec, Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6 - Dejvice, Czech
T.: +420 224 353 109
F.: + 420 233 339 990; 420 224 355 130
E-mail: pavel.kadlec@vscht.cz

Prof. Alain LeBail, UMR CNRS GEPEA (6144 SPI), ENITIAA-Ecole des Mines de Nantes - Univ., Nantes ENITIAA-GEPEA BP 82225, F-44322 NANTES cedex 3, France
T.: +33 2 51 785473
F.: +33 2 51 785467
E-mail: lebail@enitiaa-nantes.fr

Prof. Francisco Artes Calero, Postharvest and Refrigeration Group, Department of Food Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48. 30203 Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
T.: +34 968 325510
F.: +34 968 325433
E-mail: fr.artes@upct.es

Dr. Amauri Rosenthal, Director CTAA, EMBRAPA Food Technology Rio de Janeiro,
Av. das Américas, 29501, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil
Tel: +55 21 4107441
Fax: +55 21 4101090
Email: arosent@ctaa.embrapa.br

Prof. Mrs. Margarita Ruiz Altisent, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Dep. Ingenieria Rural, ETSIA, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
T.: +34 9 1 336 5855
F.: +34 9 1 336 5845
E-mail: mruiz@iru.etsia.upm.es

Dr. Laszlo Baranyai, Department of Physics and Control Corvinus University of Budapest
Somloi u. 14-16, Budapest 1118, Hungary
Tel: +36-1-4826205
Fax: +36-1-4826361
Email: laszlo.baranyai@uni-corvinus.hu


Honorary Chair:

Prof. Da-Wen Sun, Food Refrigeration & Computerised Food Technology;National University of Ireland, Dublin;(University College Dublin);Agriculture & Food Science Centre;Belfield; Dublin 4; Ireland.
Tel: +353 1 7167342;
Fax: +353 1 7167493 / 7167415;
E-mail: dawen.sun@ucd.ie



Activity Plan of CIGR-Section VI

1.Mission Statement:

The mission statement of Section VI is precisely described in the report "Objectives of Section VI Activities Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering” published in CIGR Newsletter No. 75, pp. 15-16 by Past Chair – Prof. Da-Wen Sun (presently Honorary Chair of the Section VI).

As the condition to achieve the aim mentioned there is necessary to continue the actual and to develop new activities:

 

2.  Activities:

Actual name of Section VI is “Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering". Within such large frames it comprises not only agricultural but also food engineering processes, what makes it the largest organization connected with production and processing of agricultural products.

Until now Section VI has limited cooperation with world-wide organizations acting in the food engineering and technology fields.

Therefore is necessary to establish a particular relationships with other international organizations and societies of which the activity field is common with that of CIGR Section VI.

Is much desirable to initiate closer cooperation with International Association of Engineering and Food (IAEF) and with the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST).

Besides it, to involve into cooperation the local national organizations
and regional societies (like EurAgEng, AAAE, EAAAE, etc.) by organizing jointly conferences and workshops.

The special attention must be put on development of new processes and the same time on the developing the small and simplified technologies, adjusted to the circumstances of climate and economy of the developing countries and for minimal process food.

Largely and obligatory introduced systems for food safety and food quality (HACCP, GMP, GHP, TQM etc.) require new technologies and equipment for sensing and computing.

One can expect that in such cooperation very helpful with be a new approach to food safety by introducing “traceability” that permits to identify product during whole way, in full food processing cycle “from the field to the table”. That can be achieved through multidisciplinary cooperation of specialists from agriculture process engineering, postharvest and food engineering, food machinery constructors and from computer sciences. Also cooperation of specialists from biochemistry or biotechnology would be desirable.


3.  Future International Symposia:

During the Board meeting conducted in Bonn it was accepted the plan of future international conferences, organized by Section VI as follow:

    • 2007 – 3rd conference – Naple

    • 2008 – 4th conference – Brazil

    • 2009 – 5th conference – Bangkok

During Symposia the Board Section VI meetings are predicted.

 

4. E- Journal.

Should be under special attention of all members. During Section VI Board Meeting in Warsaw Prof. Manuela Zude was accepted as a representative of Section VI to the editor of E-Journal.

 

Prof. Józef Grochowicz

Chair of Section VI