Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say? / Kaminski, Jonathan
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2014Description: Online-Ressource (34 p)Additional physical formats: Kaminski, Jonathan: Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-6831Online resources: Summary: The 2007-2008 global food crisis has renewed interest in post-harvest loss, but estimates remain scarce, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses self-reported measures from nationally representative household surveys in Malawi, Uganda, and Tanzania. Overall, on-farm post-harvest loss adds to 1.4-5.9 percent of the national maize harvest, substantially lower than the Food and Agriculture Organization's post-harvest handling and storage loss estimate for cereals, which is 8 percent. Post-harvest loss is concentrated among less than a fifth of households. It increases with humidity and temperature and declines with better market access, post-primary education, higher seasonal price differences, and possibly improved storage practices. Wider use of nationally representative surveys in studying post-harvest loss is called forPPN: PPN: 834982153Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBLNo physical items for this record
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