The “fruit trade chain” is a commonly accepted term used in the industry to describe the system of trading fresh fruit. The fruit trade chain includes procurement, production, packaging, shipment and delivery to the consumer. Within this chain, numerous components are involved: picking,...

This study is a part of a comprehensive study which attempts to create a baseline of global warming impact (expressed in total greenhouse gas emission and measured in terms of carbon equivalent) associated with the production and consumption of a gallon of orange juice available in the form of...

The assumed global optimum solution obtained in linear programming is not an assumed characteristic of separable linear programming. Separable programming is non-linear programming and must possess certain sufficient conditions for a global optimum to be obtained. The global optimum conditions...