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Sweet potato cultivation and production in Colombia registers few surpluses for the national market, its yield is approximately 6 t/ha, said production is centered in the Colombian Caribbean region, in the departments of Córdoba and Sucre; However, the cultivation of sweet potatoes could come to occupy an important place for the food industry, due to its nutritional contributions and its high starch content, considered ideal for the industrial production of flours and starches. This investigation studied the physicochemical and functional properties of the starch obtained from two varieties of sweet potato, where the water absorption capacity, maximum viscosity, gelatinization temperature, settling, stability was analyzed. Before the determinations, the samples were dried to constant weight. It was found that the yellow sweet potato starch turned out to be of better quality due to its lower solubility, higher water absorption, higher swelling power and higher gelatinization temperature than the purple sweet potato starch, showing encouraging values for the food industry as thickeners, stabilizers and gelling agents in refrigerated and frozen foods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regional systems for innovation strengthen the competitive growth in the territories. The factor analysis of the regional systems for agri-food innovation in Colombia unveiled a direct relationship between the business articulation and the relational capital in order to enhance the sales based on innovation. Due to the heterogeneity and geographic scattering of the studied innovation systems, it was not possible to find a single intervention route for these systems. However, the agri-food innovation systems pinpointed herein represent a strategic proposal in which the productive resources are focused on the innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper tries to identify the impact of the different types of innovation on export behavior in the Colombian food and beverage industry. The application of the propensity score matching method reveals that only technological innovation has a significant effect on the sector's export behavior. In particular, product innovation impacts positively the internationalization of large companies, while process innovation does so in SMEs. The differences in strategic and innovative strategy explain the heterogeneity in the impacts obtained by the size of business and the type of innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper aims to highlight the progress of the research is developing a case study on unfair competition within the baking industry sector. The bakery sector in Colombia, is located in the great Agrifood Industry study for them if you are covered by our Colombian law rules governing this sector specialized manner. This together shall be referred to the Spanish regulations compared to the Common European Framework states that given the similarities we have with this country with regard to commercial relations established between Contract Analysis - Supermarkets and Consumers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Biomédica: Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud is the property of Instituto Nacional de Salud of Colombia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This paper presents the application of VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) in a Colombian enterprise that distributes food products. Here it is shown a clear definition of VMI and it is analyzed the key elements and the most important VMI models that can be found in related research literature. Also presents a comparative assessment of two methods proposed in the literature for calculating the replenishment quantities in a VMI context, which are compared with the current procedure implemented for such propose in the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an analysis of the hygiene management based on the compliance with the prerequisites of a HACCP system in 53 agri-food industries operating in the department of Huila in Colombia. The evaluation methodology corresponded to the verification of the compliance of checklists for two instruments: GHYCAL (Management of Hygiene and Quality) and S& Q (Safety and Quality on Food). The results allowed to find levels of hygiene management on a percentage scale and classify 34 companies in low level of compliance, including levels between 0 % and 75 %; 12 companies in basic compliance level, to obtain ratings from 75 % to 95 %, and 7 companies with higher compliance level, with evaluations higher than 95 %; additionally the similarities and differences between companies and between the sectors studied, using multivariate statistical analysis, were assessed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The paper concerns a research in the sectors of Dressmaking and of Food and Drinks on the impact of the classic techniques of Industrial Engineering in the productivity. Almost 90 chiefs or responsible for this professional area were interviewed. The positive and negative impacts, in accordance with the effect on the company, the workpeople and the clients, are registered. The results show positive effects on productivity and production. also it was found that there is not major opposition from workers and unions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Zapote is an original fruit of the Brazilian amazons, distributed in countries such as Colombia and is eats regularly by this people, farm industry initiative in this area is very limited, mainly because little is known about the industrial potential which can be attained. The purpose of this research was to determine the physicochemical properties from two varieties of this fruit which is commercialized in southwest of Colombia. The assays were realized on a representative sample obtained in Popayán city, the fruit parts (skin, seeds and pulp) were carefully prepared and its were analyzed in the organoleptic, physical composition characteristics and yields. The chemical and organoleptic parameters evaluated varied very little among the two varieties, however its present differences in physical characteristics and yields. The most outstanding feature was the high average oil content of seeds (3,5-5%). The results open the possibility to use part of these materials in many areas of farm an food industry. On this way showing that this specie is a promissory front of potential advantages materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The importance of the cultivation of the cane panelera resides in that it is constituted in one of those of more social and economic importance for the country, because the sowed area is quite wide and to the quantity of manpower that occupies; however, very low economic yields are obtained due to the faulty and precarious prosecution conditions, since they are used practical traditional and handmade. The objective of the work is analyzing the characteristics of the process of panela elaboration in trapiches of Cauca, to present alternative of handling that offer a product with more quality. The first carried out activity was a diagnosis of the state of the facilities and of the process; then it was a recognition of the process, for that which was carried out a pursuit of involved activities since he/she intersects the cane until the obtaining of the product. The main variables that affected the physiochemical quality, microbiological and organoleptic were identified as product variables, of process and complementary. As alternative of improvement of the quality he/she intended the use of good practical agronomic and an adaptation and improvement of the facilities, among other improvements of the process. Of the identified variables, some demanded an initial control while others required of their handling along of process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vegetables are a main part of the food pyramid but consumption is a lot less than the minimum recommended. Even though we have physical resources available for an efficient production, we are importing vegetables and horticulture has not provoked processes of regional development. Horticulture in Colombia is the result of cultural interchange coming from migration and trade intended for attending particular interests, traditions, and uses. The discovery brought vegetables from Europe to America and took vegetables on the opposite way. Today, horticulture has good perspectives given its contribution to the human feeding and also given the emerging agriculture and food industry. Everywhere in Colombia, vegetables are a source of challenges for agriculture and research. Vegetables' production faces great technological constraints because of seed's importation, high illnesses and plagues' incidence, indiscriminate use of chemicals, and poor handling customs. There are also structural restrictions due to deterioration of natural resources and lack of value aggregation to the product. This way, sowed areas and productivity of the main vegetables have stopped growing. Horticulture will face in the near future restrictions due to the human health protection. It will also face challenges on the developing ways leading to improving the rural production environments and preserving natural resources. Horticulture will need coherent policies to improve the production and distribution means; in such a way that the joint goal be the main motor and that it contributes to human development and economic efficiency on the basis of technical and scientific development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo destaca la dependencia de Colombia de los recursos naturales, especialmente el petróleo, en su economía. Se señala la volatilidad de los precios de los hidrocarburos como una preocupación.la necesidad de diversificar la economía y se destaca el potencial en el sector de agronegocios y la industria alimentaria, en respuesta a la creciente demanda alimentaria global. la contribución del sector agrícola a la economía. Se describen ejemplos exitosos en Colombia en el sector agrícola y agroindustrial.

The food industry produce a great amount of organic residues, in most cases this residues increase of environmental pollution in the regions. Shells, seeds, pulp and vegetables that do not meet quality standards contribute significantly to this waste. However, the organic residues have received considerable attention because still contain nutrients and properties that can contribute to development and innovation of products both food and non-food in Colombia [1]. Many of these wastes are high in vitamins, minerals and fiber, food components that today are valued for their contribution to the functionality of them also have been rescued shells with large-fiber for the manufacture of components craft, seeds for extraction of essential oils, pectins, among others. In this line, the collection of dietary fibers from waste citrus processing and marketing of bananas, which when incorporated in foods traditionally used for subsistence, such as bakery products or corn, can reach more people with all the benefits associated with the consumption of dietary fiber, and be incorporated as components in fortifying the normal diet [5]. This proposed work focuses on addressing the potential of other plant material, until now considered waste from the country as an alternative source of low cost fiber, and the influence they have on all the steps related to preparation, production and consumption of bread and corn products which are included. Partial results of the investigation have revealed that products such as biscuits and corn cake, produced up to a 30% substitution of wheat flour and corn meal with wheth orange bagaza (HAN) and green banana peel with rejection (HBVCC ), respectively, provide masses manageable end products but not accepted by consumers reached through hedonic test, to establish acceptability of the products with a meal replacement of conventional flour with green banana peel up to 15 % and for the replacement meal albedo acceptability was achieved by 10% substitution for corn cake and 5% for the biscuits. The products are widely accepted measurement of dietary fiber and bromatological analysis simple, these resulted in the level of dietary fiber is higher in products with both meal replacement (HBVCC and HAN) analyzed for patterns that also a lower moisture content that would enhance the shelf life of foods developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo se enfoca en la industria de alimentos en Colombia y los retos que enfrenta para ser competitiva en el entorno global. Se discute de la importancia para implementar un modelo de investigación, desarrollo e innovación, lo cual fomenta la identificación de las oportunidades, las tendencias y las amenazas de las novedades tecnológicos y técnicos en la industria. Se enfatiza que el concepto de la innovación debe incluir un marco político que promueva la ciencia y la tecnología.