Postharvest Physiology and Handling of Horticultural Crops (ePub)

Ibrahim Kahramanoglu was born in 1984 in Northern Cyprus. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies in the European University of Lefke (Northern Cyprus) since April 2018. He was the managing director of Alnar Pomegranates Ltd. from 2010 till 2018, where they produced, packed and exported fresh pomegranate fruits and produced 100% natural, and freshly squeezed pomegranate juice. Before that, he worked in the alternative crops project of USAID in Cyprus and managed more than 100 projects supported by national or international bodies including European Commission. He has been consulting farmers about Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and adaptation of modern technologies since 2008. He is expert in horticultural production, postharvest biology & technology and GAP. His main studies are about postharvest physiology and handling of fruits; natural and novel technologies for handling & storage; digital and precision farming (agri 4.0) for sustainability; and value adding to horticultural crops. He has co-authored a monograph book with 16 chapters (Pomegranate Production and Marketing, CRC Press), edited three books (Postharvest Handling, Modern Fruit Industry and Fruit Industry), authored three book chapters, published more than 100 scientific publications related to his experience and attended more than ten international conferences and presented his research findings.