Financial feasibility assessment of adopting active controlled atmosphere containers for exporting highly perishable fruits during COVID-19: case of Taiwanese atemoya

• Published in: Journal of agribusiness in developing and emerging economies Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 477 - 490
• Main Authors: Wen-Hung, Huang, Dy, Kenneth Bicol, Ching-Cheng, Chang, Hsu, Shih-Hsun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Group Publishing Limited 06.05.2022
• Subjects: Active control; Agribusiness; Agriculture; Atmosphere; Containers; COVID-19; Exports; Feasibility studies; Food supply; Fruits; New technology; Operating costs; Pandemics; Storage life; Canada; Malaysia; China; Taiwan

Purpose>This study deals with attenuating the risk of relying on a single export market, which was heightened by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on Taiwanese atemoya (a fruit with short storage life) and the adoption of active controlled atmosphere (CA) containers, a new technol...