Preface

These proceedings are the output of the annual International conference Agriproducts Processing and Farming (APaF-2019). The conference was held by Voronezh State Agrarian University named after Emperor Peter the Great in Voronezh on October 17-18, 2019.

APaF-2019 is a scientific forum for researchers and students to exchange ideas in the field of agroengineering, melioration and rural areas management. The goal of the conference was – integration, systematization, generalization of current scientific problems and solutions in the field of production and processing of crop and livestock products, quality management and safety of agricultural products, as well as the development of approaches to personalized nutrition.

The meetings were organized into four sessions managed by the specialist faculty within the University: (1) Technologies, equipment and safety in agroindustry, (2) Production, processing and storage of agricultural products, (3) Provisions safety and quality assurance of consumer goods, (4) Methods for analysis and quality control of raw materials and agricultural products.

The conference brought together a large number of researchers, doctoral students and professionals, who shared the results of their scientific research, innovative ideas and practical experience. Russian scientists and practitioners submitted over 150 manuscripts. All the papers were peer-reviewed by two reviewers. As a result, more than one hundred of them were selected for publication.

Lastly, we would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to all the participants, colleagues as well as Voronezh State Agrarian University named after Emperor Peter the Great administration for their indispensable support in organizing this scientific meeting and publisher (IOP Publishing) which accepted our manuscripts for publishing.

The scientific committee