Reduction of food looses and wastes, Suggestion on use of Systemic approaches. Food looses and Wastes occur along the value chain system. It is a graduating loose as it occurs most frequently at each point along the chain. Total numbers and quantities of food produced by farmers are lost by Farmers,Retailers,Consumers,Private sector and Government.This is because of poor cordinaton along the value chain and poor practices by each player.There are also gaps between each player that are left out unfilled. These are broken lines example is the gaps between the farmer and retailers, between retailers and consumers,and between Private sector and Governments.
These Gaps show looses occuring and opportunities lost in either missing out on job creation, income earning, wealth creation and growth and Development.
To correct this anomaly, there should be a revisit of the value chain system and actors to create room for expantion of responsibility, re-allocation of roles, and modification of actions and interventions.
The Systemic approaches stands the chance of completely reducing food looses and wastes as each line in the chain is involved visited and restuctured.
Government roles are broken and not as well cordinated as it should be, and so the required interventions and activities of Government are centered on publicity.Policy sommersult and poor management in the Government system makes it difficult for the right people to benefit. This also creates huge looses along the value chain..
Practically the farmer and farmer organisations are not been used as agents of change and interventions not based on an applicable evidences are not to be suggested or adhered to as such practices are also looses and wastes along the vaue chain.
Looses and wastes which are calculated as between 60% and above in Nigeria is allarming and a huge looses which consequences are poverty amongst farmers. By training and sensitization campaigns these looses can be reduced..
Lizzy Igbine