COMMON GROUND
- Traditional disciplinary approaches ignore critical factors in
understanding complex interactions during handling and
distribution. - Changes in fruit and vegetable quality must be viewed in the
context of handling and distribution. - Communication between different components of handling and
distribution is often inadequate.
DIVERGENCE
- Useful points of integration for research to improve fruit and
vegetable quality. - Theoretical principles and terminology to serve as a focal point
of integration. - The degree of integration needed to provide useful information.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
- A theoretical construct that can serve as a basis of integrated
research. - More integrated studies that focus methodologies from other
fields of research on handling of fresh fruit and vegetables. - A comprehensive integrated model that becomes adopted by
commercial firms to improve fresh fruit and vegetable quality.