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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Affognon, Hippolyte
• Mutungi, Christopher
• Sanginga, Pascal
• Borgemeister, Christian

Titel

Unpacking Postharvest Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis

Ist Teil von

• World development, 2015-02, Vol.66, p.49-68

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.