Ensuring the quality of fresh Litchi during cold transport from the North to the South of Vietnam

Litchi group:Nguyen Manh KhaiDinh Thai HoangHuynh Thi Thanh Tuyen

Action plan

Title“Ensuring the quality of fresh Litchi

during cold transport from the North to the South of Vietnam”

Organization:

Hanoi University of Agriculture

Cantho University

Work responsibilities:

Mr. Khai: Project manager

Mr. Hoang: Research assistant in the North

Ms. Tuyen: Research assistant in the South

Total area: 60,000 haTotal yield: 400,000 tons

(50% fresh)Planted only in the North

Inappropriate postharvest techniques

Losses: 20-35%

Objectives

Reduce postharvest losses of fresh Litchi after a long distance transportation

Identify the good way to ensure the quality including color, taste and nutritional values of fresh Litchi for consumers

Design

Raw Litchi in the North

Foam boxes

with ice

Customers in the South

Cold chain with cold storage and cold transport

cold water Foam boxes

cold water

>6h + cold transport

Description

Step 1: Collecting raw Litchi from Bacgiang province

Expected

outputs

Progress indicator

Activities Time

duration

Input Budget Responsible

persons

High quality

fresh Litchi

500 kg Litchi

• Go to each household in the sample to guide for the right harvest time

• Transport to packing house

15 days

(from May)

•Harvest time guidelines

•Labor: 5 people

•Trucks for transport

•Wood boxes: 25

$ 700 Mr. Khai

Mr. Hoang

Step 1: Collecting raw Litchi from Bacgiang province

Step 2. Analysis the quality of fresh Litchi before transport

Step 2. Analysis the quality of fresh Litchi before transport

Expected outputs

Progress indicators

Activities Time duration

Input Budget Responsible persons

Identified quality of fresh Litchi before cold transport

•Color

•Taste

•Total

Sugar

•Total dry matter

•Vitamin C

• Randomly select 30 fruits per wood box, 5 boxes from 25 boxes

•Conduct chemical analysis in lab

•Carry analysis by SPSS

7 days •Chemicals

•Labor:2

$ 500 Mr. Khai

Mr. Hoang

Step 3: Pre-cooling and cold transport

Step 3: Pre-cooling and cold transport

Expected outputs

Progress

indicators

Activities Time

duration

Input Budget Responsible

persons

•Temperature of each Litchi after cooling will be approximately equal to 70C

•High quality cold transport within 3 days

•Temperature of Litchi

•Color

•Peel appearance

3 days cold transport

•Dip in cold water

•Put in foam boxes

•Cold transport by trucks

4 days

•Labor: 2

•Foam boxes: 25

•Litchi for control sample: 3 foam boxes

•Cold truck transport

$ 300 Mr. Khai

Mr. Hoang

Step 4: Receiving in the South and quality analysis

Step 4: Receiving in the South and quality analysis

Expected outputs

Progress indicators

Activities Time

duration

Input Budget Responsible persons

Identified quality of fresh Litchi after cold transport in the South

•Color

•Taste

•Total sugar

•Total dry matter

•Vitamin C

• Randomly select 30 fruits per wood box, 5 boxes from 25 boxes

•Conduct chemical analysis in lab

•Carry analysis by SPSS

7 days •Chemicals

•Labor:2

$ 500 Mr. Khai

Ms. Tuyen

Step 5: Analysis and writing report

Step 5: Analysis and writing report

Expected outputs

Progress indicators

Activities Time duration

Input Budget Responsible persons

•Results

•Final report

Data base

Complete report

•Carry analysis by SPSS

•Writing report

30 days

•Printing

•Labor:3

$ 200 Mr. Khai

Mr. Hoang

Ms. Tuyen

Summary

Time duration: 4 months

Total budget: $ 2,200.00

Expected result: complete model for the cold

chain for fresh Litchi to transport them from

the North to the South

Future plan: transferring successful model to

farmers and traders/companies

Thanks for your listening!