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D-ripening-room Dictionary

Ripening room

A controlled store where fruit such as bananas is ripened before sale

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Plain meaning
A controlled store where fruit such as bananas is ripened before sale
How to use it
Sell green bananas to a ripener, or invest in ripening if supplying retailers directly.
South African benchmark
South African bananas are ripened in rooms before reaching retailers (Article 41).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M6-U2
Calculate it
T-M6-04 Export versus Local Sale
Library sources
LIB-A040, LIB-P-Avocado, LIB-P-Banana
See also
Cold chain
Subtropical Fruit and Nuts: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedSubtropical Fruit and Nuts: how the business runsSold bytonnes per hectare1Plant grafted trees2Grow to bearing3Harvest4Ripen or crack5Export or local marketZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Subtropical Fruit and Nuts Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M6 Subtropical Fruit and Nuts.