Post-harvest loss in sub-Saharan Africa what do farmers say?

被引：126

作者：

Kaminski, Jonathan ^{[1
]}

Christiaensen, Luc ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Noble Agri, Geneva, Switzerland

[2] World Bank, Africa Reg Chief Economist Off, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA

来源：

GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT | 2014年 / 3卷 / 3-4期

关键词：

Post-harvest loss; Sub-Saharan Africa; Storage; Maize; Crop protection;

D O I：

10.1016/j.gfs.2014.10.002

中图分类号：

TS2 [食品工业];

学科分类号：

0832 ;

摘要：

The 2007-2008 global food crisis has renevvecl interest in post-harvest loss (PHL), but estimates remain scarce, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses self-reported PHL measures from nationally representative household surveys in Malawi, Uganda, and Tanzania. Overall, on-farm PHL adds up to 1.45.9 percent of the national maize harvest, substantially lower than the FAO (2011) post-harvest handling and storage loss estimate for cereals of 8 percent. It is also concentrated among few, less than a fifth of households. PHL increases with humidity and temperature, and declines with better market access, post primary education, higher seasonal price differences and possibly also with improved storage practices. Wider use of nationally representative surveys in studying PHL is called for. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：149 / 158

页数：10

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