منصة المعرفة في منظمة الفاو بشأن سلاسل القيمة الغذائية المستدامة

Missing Food: The Case of Postharvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa

2011

This document looks at the current state of knowledge and technology related to post-harvest loss reduction, capturing lessons from past interventions that could provide insights for the implementation of effective post-harvest loss strategies. This analysis looks at the evolution of public and private sector responses over the last two decades to reduce losses along the various stages of the supply chains. It also highlights critical factors that determine technology uptake and sustainable use, with a focus on gender dimensions of technology adoption for reducing post-harvest losses.

Countries: Non-country specific
Commodities: Cereals in general
Topics: Food losses and food waste, Post-harvest handling and aggregation, Farm/firm-level upgrading
Authoring organization: World Bank (WB), Natural Resources Institute (NRI), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Publisher: World Bank (WB)
Type: Discussion
Format: Document
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