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Book Synopsis Tackling post harvest loss in Ghana: Cost-effectiveness of technologies by : Baral, Siddhartha
Download or read book Tackling post harvest loss in Ghana: Cost-effectiveness of technologies written by Baral, Siddhartha and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postharvest Loss (PHL) refers to measurable quality and quantity loss of food in the postharvest system. The postharvest system consists of inter-connected stages, from the act of harvest, to crop processing, storage, marketing and transportation, to the stage of consumption. PHL can occur at any stage in the postharvest chain. This note describes common types of PHL, approaches to mitigation, and the cost-effectiveness of technologies to achieve this. We begin with a section on common causes of loss, best practices for preventing these, and barriers to adoption of these practices. We then discuss prevention of loss during storage, for which several technological solutions have been developed and evaluated. Finally, we summarize the evidence on the cost-effectiveness of three such technologies that have been scientifically evaluated: hermetic storage bags, metal silos, and a cooling chamber
Book Synopsis Post-harvest losses: Global scale, solutions, and relevance to Ghana by : Ridolfi, Carlotta
Download or read book Post-harvest losses: Global scale, solutions, and relevance to Ghana written by Ridolfi, Carlotta and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report collates and contextualizes available evidence on post-harvest losses (PHL) in horticultural crops in Kenya. We begin by outlining the extent of PHL in horticultural crops and its repercussions in the context of food security and poverty reduction. We then describe the growing importance of the horticulture sector in Kenya and its growth potential, especially in terms of exports. Following this discussion, we detail PHL for two important horticultural crops, mangoes and tomatoes, for which Kenya-specific evidence is available. We discuss ways to mitigate PHL from three angles: technological, economic or behavioral, and institutional. Documenting cost-effective technological interventions to mitigate PHL, we catalogue ways to tackle PHL at the individual farmer level. We then highlight behavioral bottlenecks to adoption of such technologies and the need to design interventions in ways that address these. Finally, we discuss structural and institutional changes that would need to accompany individual-level interventions to bring about significant reductions in PHL.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251348030 Total Pages :33 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis Research on the measurement of post-harvest losses by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Research on the measurement of post-harvest losses written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reduction of agricultural losses, especially among smallholder farmers, should be an essential component of food security strategies in developing countries. Loss reduction strategies should be informed by evidence on optimal loss levels, or the point below which loss reduction efforts become economically unviable, characterized by reduction costs greater than benefits. Information on minimum losses can help provide a benchmark for farm management, formulation of policies, and investment decisions. This study connects information on minimum losses with farming practices or production technologies, to help in assessing the effectiveness of loss reduction practices and of the underlying policies and incentives that promote them. While most empirical research and data collection activities on losses tend to focus on average losses, this paper provides evidence on minimum losses levels for several commodities and regions of the world.
Book Synopsis Brief review of Ghana’s food system transformation pathways by : Asante, Felix A.
Download or read book Brief review of Ghana’s food system transformation pathways written by Asante, Felix A. and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2024-03-25 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global estimates show over half a billion people go hungry (FAO, 2020) and close to 2 billion people are either obese or overweight with another 2 billion of the world’s population suffering from micronutrient deficiencies (Micha et al., 2020, Fresco et al., 2017). Inarguably, the world faces significant malnutrition problem (including micro- and macro-nutrient deficiencies, obesity, and diet related non-communicable diseases). This is evident in a recent analysis pointing out that effort in achieving the Global Nutrition Targets is likely to be missed. The observed malnutrition threat is accompanied by climate change, which is influencing food production and consumption trends, and thereby leading to undernutrition and affecting overall development. In addition, there are growing incomes, accelerated urbanization, and expanding middle classes which are also causing significant changes in consumer behaviour and nutritional choices, necessitating both public and private expenditures for better food market integration. As a result, there is a pressing need to examine our food systems to guarantee food and nutrition security and to advance sustainable development. It is likely that the COVID-19 impact may further exacerbates the worsening food insecurity and nutritional status of the most vulnerable groups including women, children and adolescents, refugees and displaced people, smallholders in rural areas, and the urban poor.
Book Synopsis Post-harvest losses in fruits and vegetables: The Kenyan context by : Ridolfi, Carlotta
Download or read book Post-harvest losses in fruits and vegetables: The Kenyan context written by Ridolfi, Carlotta and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report collates and contextualizes available evidence on post-harvest losses (PHL) in horticultural crops in Kenya. We begin by outlining the extent of PHL in horticultural crops and its repercussions in the context of food security and poverty reduction. We then describe the growing importance of the horticulture sector in Kenya and its growth potential, especially in terms of exports. Following this discussion, we detail PHL for two important horticultural crops, mangoes and tomatoes, for which Kenya-specific evidence is available. We discuss ways to mitigate PHL from three angles: technological, economic or behavioral, and institutional. Documenting cost-effective technological interventions to mitigate PHL, we catalogue ways to tackle PHL at the individual farmer level. We then highlight behavioral bottlenecks to adoption of such technologies and the need to design interventions in ways that address these. Finally, we discuss structural and institutional changes that would need to accompany individual-level interventions to bring about significant reductions in PHL.
Book Synopsis Post-harvest Practices and Technology Adoption in Developing Countries by : Ralph Nii Armah Armah
Download or read book Post-harvest Practices and Technology Adoption in Developing Countries written by Ralph Nii Armah Armah and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study 1: Loss Aversion and Improved Storage Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ghana. Farmers in developing countries commonly sell the majority of their grain immediately after harvest, when prices are lowest. Improvements in technologies that reduce post-harvest losses (PHL) could potentially increase farm incomes by offering a more attractive means for farmers to save their output and sell at higher prices later in the season. This study examines how loss aversion affects the demand for one such technology, hermetically sealed bags, in a maize-growing region in Ghana's Transition zone. Ignoring marketing decisions, loss aversion could potentially increase the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for improved storage technology because loss averse farmers may strongly desire to decrease grain losses. However, the possibility of selling one's stock as a grain-loss averting strategy may flip the relationship between loss aversion and storage demand. If highly loss-averse individuals compensate for potential grain losses by immediate sales, improved storage technologies may not provide additional benefits. Using a Becker-Degroot-Marschak (BDM) auction for 386 farmers, the study finds support for the latter. Loss aversion is negatively related to WTP for hermetic bags, and this relationship is entirely driven by farmers whose grains sales occur soon after harvest. Nevertheless, despite limited previous experience with the bags and little access, a majority of farmers value hermetic storage bags at levels at or above market price prevailing in other parts of Ghana. Study 2: Perceptions of Food Safety Risk, Post-harvest Practices and Intertemporal Staple Crop Allocation: Evidence from Maize in Nepal. Improving food safety is essential for improving food security: i.e. access to sufficient and healthy food. Unsafe food contains hazardous agents or contaminants (e.g. mycotoxins) that can increase people's risk of chronic diseases; and may have considerable economic implications for developing-country markets due to losses for rejected marketable surpluses and lower prices for inferior quality crops. This study addresses two research questions: Do perceptions of food safety risk alter intertemporal allocation of staple crops? If so, is the change in the intertemporal allocation through the better post-harvest practices? Using a two-round panel data of 320 maize farmers in Nepal, this study finds that farm households who perceive themselves to have better awareness of food safety risks tend to store produced maize longer than the other households. However, there are no statistical differences in post-harvest practices between the households with higher perceived-awareness and the others. The findings imply that providing farmers with food safety information may enhance storage behavior for optimal intertemporal maize allocation. This requires strengthening the research-extension link to provide agricultural extension officers and farmers information on better post-harvest management and the provision of feedback for improved future research.
Book Synopsis The Economics of Postharvest Loss and Loss-Preventing Technologies in Developing Countries by : Jacob Ricker-Gilbert
Download or read book The Economics of Postharvest Loss and Loss-Preventing Technologies in Developing Countries written by Jacob Ricker-Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article reviews the recent literature that has evaluated the effectiveness of postharvest loss (PHL)-reducing technologies for grains among smallholder farmers and small-scale traders in sub-Saharan Africa. We also develop a conceptual framework for identifying and quantifying different types of PHL that include physical quantity losses along with quality losses that are both observable (e.g., discoloration, insect damage, mold growth, and odor) and unobservable (e.g., aflatoxin contamination, chemical residues, and nutrient content losses). The framework considers how PHL affects producers, consumers, and society as a whole. We find that although reducing postharvest quantity losses often receives more attention from researchers, it is the loss of quality, particularly unobservable quality issues, that has a large effect on food safety and nutrition. A review of the literature suggests that cost-effective technologies to reduce PHL exist, but facilitating their adoption requires action from both the public and private sectors.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :925107920X Total Pages :139 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (51 download)
Book Synopsis Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greenhouse gas emissions by the livestock sector could be cut by as much as 30 percent through the wider use of existing best practices and technologies. FAO conducted a detailed analysis of GHG emissions at multiple stages of various livestock supply chains, including the production and transport of animal feed, on-farm energy use, emissions from animal digestion and manure decay, as well as the post-slaughter transport, refrigeration and packaging of animal products. This report represents the most comprehensive estimate made to-date of livestocks contribution to global warming as well as the sectors potential to help tackle the problem. This publication is aimed at professionals in food and agriculture as well as policy makers.
Book Synopsis Where to focus post-harvest loss efforts? A review of recent evidence, with application to Ghana by : Hoffmann, Vivian
Download or read book Where to focus post-harvest loss efforts? A review of recent evidence, with application to Ghana written by Hoffmann, Vivian and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this note, we summa-rize new evidence from a recent IFPRI study that documents the relative importance of losses in value chains for staple foods in six countries, review the evidence on which crops are most affected by losses, and outline ways to mitigate PHL.
Book Synopsis The Role of Post-harvest Management in Assuring the Quality and Safety of Horticultural Produce by : Adel A. Kader
Download or read book The Role of Post-harvest Management in Assuring the Quality and Safety of Horticultural Produce written by Adel A. Kader and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic approaches to maintaining the safety and quality of horticultural produce are the same, regardless of the market to which this produce is targeted. This bulletin reviews the factors which contribute to quality and safety deterioration of horticultural produce, and describes approaches to assuring the maintenance of quality and safety throughout the post-harvest chain. Specific examples are given to illustrate the economic implications of investing in and applying proper post-harvest technologies. Criteria for the assessment of post-harvest needs, the selection of post-harvest technologies appropriate to the situation and context, and for extending appropriate levels of post-harvest information are also discussed.
Book Synopsis Postharvest Handling by : Nigel H. Banks
Download or read book Postharvest Handling written by Nigel H. Banks and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-02-21 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consideration of the interactions between decisions made at one point in the supply chain and its effects on the subsequent stages is the core concept of a systems approach. Postharvest Handling is unique in its application of this systems approach to the handling of fruits and vegetables, exploring multiple aspects of this important process through chapters written by experts from a variety of backgrounds.Newly updated and revised, this second edition includes coverage of the logistics of fresh produce from multiple perspectives, postharvest handing under varying weather conditions, quality control, changes in consumer eating habits and other factors key to successful postharvest handling.The ideal book for understanding the economic as well as physical impacts of postharvest handling decisions.Key Features:*Features contributions from leading experts providing a variety of perspectives*Updated with 12 new chapters*Focuses on application-based information for practical implementation*System approach is unique in the handling of fruits and vegetables
Book Synopsis Rice Postharvest Losses in Developing Countries by : A. P. Mossman
Download or read book Rice Postharvest Losses in Developing Countries written by A. P. Mossman and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Analysis and policy statement by : Ghana
Download or read book Analysis and policy statement written by Ghana and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9789251027660 Total Pages :180 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (276 download)
Book Synopsis Prevention of Post-harvest Food Losses by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Prevention of Post-harvest Food Losses written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Agenda for Growth and Prosperity: Analysis and policy statement by : National Development Planning Commission (Ghana)
Download or read book An Agenda for Growth and Prosperity: Analysis and policy statement written by National Development Planning Commission (Ghana) and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251308713 Total Pages :150 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization: A Framework for Africa by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization: A Framework for Africa written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This framework presents ten interrelated principles/elements to guide Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (SAMA). Further, it presents the technical issues to be considered under SAMA and the options to be analysed at the country and sub regional levels. The ten key elements required in a framework for SAMA are as follows: The analysis in the framework calls for a specific approach, involving learning from other parts of the world where significant transformation of the agricultural mechanization sector has already occurred within a three-to-four decade time frame, and developing policies and programmes to realize Africa’s aspirations of Zero Hunger by 2025. This approach entails the identification and prioritization of relevant and interrelated elements to help countries develop strategies and practical development plans that create synergies in line with their agricultural transformation plans. Given the unique characteristics of each country and the diverse needs of Africa due to the ecological heterogeneity and the wide range of farm sizes, the framework avoids being prescriptive.
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