Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say?

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, an...

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Main Authors:	Kaminski, Jonathan, Christiaensen, Luc
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURE ALGORITHMS ANIMAL FEED AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL BANANAS BASIC CEREAL PRODUCTION CEREALS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMODITY COMMODITY MARKETING COMMODITY PRICES COMPONENTS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CROP CROP PROTECTION CROPPING CROPS DURABLE GOODS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECOLOGICAL ZONE ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMISTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE FAO FARM FARM STORAGE FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD LOSSES FOOD SECURITY FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOODS FRUITS GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY GRAIN GRAIN BORER GRAIN STORAGE GRAINS HARVESTING IFPRI INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSECT PESTS MAIZE MAIZE HARVESTS MAIZE PRODUCTION MARKET ACCESS MARKET FACTORS MARKET PRICES MARKET SHARE MARKETING MARKETPLACE MILLET MILLS NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTAINS POPULATION DYNAMICS POTATOES PRICE DIFFERENCES PRICE LEVELS PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCERS PRODUCTION QUANTITIES RETAIL RETAIL PRICE SALES SOILS SORGHUM SPREAD STOCKS SUPERMARKETS SUPPLY CHAIN TUBERS VEGETABLES WHEAT WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALE PRICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19338535/post-harvest-loss-sub-saharan-africa-farmers-say http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17721

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spelling	okr-10986-177212021-04-23T14:03:40Z Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say? Kaminski, Jonathan Christiaensen, Luc AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURE ALGORITHMS ANIMAL FEED AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL BANANAS BASIC CEREAL PRODUCTION CEREALS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMODITY COMMODITY MARKETING COMMODITY PRICES COMPONENTS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CROP CROP PROTECTION CROPPING CROPS DURABLE GOODS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECOLOGICAL ZONE ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMISTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE FAO FARM FARM STORAGE FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD LOSSES FOOD SECURITY FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOODS FRUITS GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY GRAIN GRAIN BORER GRAIN STORAGE GRAINS HARVESTING IFPRI INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSECT PESTS MAIZE MAIZE HARVESTS MAIZE PRODUCTION MARKET ACCESS MARKET FACTORS MARKET PRICES MARKET SHARE MARKETING MARKETPLACE MILLET MILLS NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTAINS POPULATION DYNAMICS POTATOES PRICE DIFFERENCES PRICE LEVELS PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCERS PRODUCTION QUANTITIES RETAIL RETAIL PRICE SALES SOILS SORGHUM SPREAD STOCKS SUPERMARKETS SUPPLY CHAIN TUBERS VEGETABLES WHEAT WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALE PRICES 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 for. 2014-04-10T19:32:40Z 2014-04-10T19:32:40Z 2014-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19338535/post-harvest-loss-sub-saharan-africa-farmers-say http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17721 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6831 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURE ALGORITHMS ANIMAL FEED AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL BANANAS BASIC CEREAL PRODUCTION CEREALS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMODITY COMMODITY MARKETING COMMODITY PRICES COMPONENTS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CROP CROP PROTECTION CROPPING CROPS DURABLE GOODS ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ECOLOGICAL ZONE ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMISTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE FAO FARM FARM STORAGE FARMER FARMERS FARMS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD LOSSES FOOD SECURITY FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOODS FRUITS GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY GRAIN GRAIN BORER GRAIN STORAGE GRAINS HARVESTING IFPRI INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSECT PESTS MAIZE MAIZE HARVESTS MAIZE PRODUCTION MARKET ACCESS MARKET FACTORS MARKET PRICES MARKET SHARE MARKETING MARKETPLACE MILLET MILLS NATURAL RESOURCES PLANTAINS POPULATION DYNAMICS POTATOES PRICE DIFFERENCES PRICE LEVELS PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCERS PRODUCTION QUANTITIES RETAIL RETAIL PRICE SALES SOILS SORGHUM SPREAD STOCKS SUPERMARKETS SUPPLY CHAIN TUBERS VEGETABLES WHEAT WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALE PRICES
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description	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 for.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Kaminski, Jonathan Christiaensen, Luc
author_facet	Kaminski, Jonathan Christiaensen, Luc
author_sort	Kaminski, Jonathan
title	Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say?
title_short	Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say?
title_full	Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say?
title_fullStr	Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say?
title_full_unstemmed	Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say?
title_sort	post-harvest loss in sub-saharan africa : what do farmers say?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19338535/post-harvest-loss-sub-saharan-africa-farmers-say http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17721
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Post-Harvest Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Do Farmers Say?

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