Fruit and Vegetable Quality

with the avoidance of nitrogen losses to the environment. The yield may,
however, be reduced, in our example by 20%.
Even if the economic, quality and ecological goals of horticultural
production do not remain conflict-free, the interdisciplinary research ap-
proach as shown in the above example offers the basis for balancing
seemingly contradicting values.

Whose Problems Have to be Solved?

Integrating the production goals yield, environment, and quality is of
interest for several interest groups who may be considered supporters or
stakeholders of research in the field of vegetables and fruit. These are
depicted in Figure 15.4 and connected by lines, indicating that they are
not acting independently. For each problem, one set of interconnecting

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FIGURE 15.4Stakeholders.