Conservation Methods of Food in South America

Linda Jarošová

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The subject of the thesis was the research focused on the current preservation methods of food processing for their long-term preservation in the conditions of rural areas of tropics and subtropics of South America. In the introductory part, the thesis deals with principles and methods of conservation from the simplest, natural forms to the forms that cannot be used without modern technologies. The paper describes which foods are currently readily available for less economically developed areas of South America and crucial for their preservation to meet the basic living needs of the population in these locations. The research itself is based on the literature available on the Internet.The overall aim of the work was to examine whether the current methods of preserving food in the areas under review are based only on traditions derived from natural forms of food preservation and whether new technologies for quality and risk-free food storage are available to the population living in these areas at the present time.The output of the paper is the initiative to seek out opportunities in educating and economically supporting a group of people maintaining their traditions to ensure their sustainable development, where it is food which plays the most important role. In the near future, population and economic development can be expected in these areas and the food issue in terms of its preservation will be important not only for the local population but also for any export meeting the conservation standards according to the world-wide standards

Keywords

preserving food, tropic and subtropics in South America, natural and modern forms of food preservation

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 20. 4. 2018

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Iva Kučerová, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Bachelor programme / field:
Agricultural Specialization / Agriculture in Tropics and Subtropics