date:Mar 15, 2019
nly a handful of companies across the country have the necessary infrastructure to do so.
The main barrier to reach these markets is the fact that artichokes are a product with a short shelf life when raw, despite the use of refrigeration (they lose 15% of their weight 15 days after the harvest, even in the refrigerator). Consequently, researchers from the Higher Polytechnic School of Orihuela (EPSO) of the Miguel Hernndez University in Orihuela have been working for years in the development of