A study showed that more than 50% value of agricultural products is achieved through sound post-harvest. However, some macadamias are substandard in quality or degenerate during the harvest due to the lack of understanding of the processing of agricultural products, insufficient attention to post-harvest, the untimely desiccation and drying after harvest, which not only affects the quality of nuts, but also affects the sales price directly.

How to improve the post-harvest of macadamia and enhance the quality of it? At the 8th International Macadamia Symposium, top macadamia experts from domestic and abroad will share the latest scientific achievements and management techniques and carry out a special discussion on the issues of post-harvest.

Yang Bin, director of the Yunnan Nut Research Institute, will chair the discussion. Rohan Orford, an Australian nut technical consultant from Mayo Macs PTY, South Africa, will share Assessing the role of climate and altitude as drivers of geographical differences in total kernel recovery in South Africa ; Dorran Bungay, private agricultural energy engineering consultant, also focuses on the technology of Post-harvest handling and processing; Shahla Hosseini Bai, a research fellow at University of the Sunshine Coast, will introduce the method and value of Non-destructive testing of macadamia quality and other nuts using hyperspectral imaging. Kim Jones, the independent laboratory director will also discuss the issue of NIR Analysis of Macadamia nuts.

We believe that percent of pass, quality of products and Income of growers will get profound promotion through exchange and communication with top experts in the world and scientific and effective post-harvest methods.

The registration channel of the 8th International Macadamia Symposium has opened to the global attendees. Click the image below to enter the official website of the Symposium （www.ims2018.net） for more details.