Unpacking Postharvest Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis
By H. Affognon, C. Mutungi, P. Sanginga, Christian Borgemeister. 2015
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Reducing postharvest losses (PHL) is a key pathway to food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, knowledge of PHL magnitudes is limited. A meta-analysis has been conducted to expose nature and magnitude of PHL, and the kinds of interventions that have been attempted to mitigate the losses. Findings reveal inadequacies of loss assessment methodologies that result in inaccurate PHL estimates. Moreover, losses are often economic rather than physical product losses. Overall, technologies for loss mitigation fail to address dynamics of supply chains. Consequently, rigorous PHL assessment using systematic methodologies, as well as holistic approaches for losses mitigation are in need.
Subfields: Food Science, Plant Science
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Citations in the corpus
- Food loss and Waste Reduction as an Integral Part of a Circular Economy (2017, background): “Thus, FLW can decrease the income of small farmers and also increase food prices (due to low supply), which in turn will limit access to affordable food, particularly for lower-income individuals (Affognon et al., 2015; Shafiee-Jood and Cai, 2016).”
- Quantity and quality food losses across the value Chain: A Comparative analysis (2020, unknown): “Some studies further translate quantity losses into caloric terms (e.g., Buzby et al., 2014; Kummu et al., 2012; Lipinski et al., 2013), but do not capture qualitative dimensions such as loss of nutritional content and physical appearance (Affognon et al., 2014).”
- Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System (2015, background): “91 more rapidly after harvest to reduce the risk of food spoilage under higher temperatures (Affognona et al. 2015).”