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D-controlled-atmosphere Dictionary

Controlled-atmosphere storage

Cold storage with adjusted gases that keeps fruit fresh for months

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Plain meaning
Cold storage with adjusted gases that keeps fruit fresh for months
How to use it
Use controlled-atmosphere storage to sell apples and pears when prices are best.
South African benchmark
Western Cape pome fruit relies on it, as Article 26 shows.
Country notes
No single benchmark figure; the term applies in South Africa as defined.
Go and read
M5
Calculate it
T-M5-04 Export versus Local Sale
Library sources
LIB-A026, LIB-A027, LIB-P-Apple, LIB-P-Pear
See also
Cold chain
Deciduous Fruit and Table Grapes: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedDeciduous Fruit and Table Grapes: how the business runsSold bycartons per hectare1Plant trees2Grow to bearing3Pick4Cold store5Export or local marketZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Deciduous Fruit and Table Grapes Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M5 Deciduous Fruit and Table Grapes.