Report On Off Farm Post Harvest Loss Assessment Survey In Ethiopia

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 925137533X
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on off-farm post-harvest loss assessment survey in Ethiopia written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2023-01-21 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study on post-harvest losses was conducted in Amhara, Oromiya and the Southern nation nationality and peoples regions of Ethiopia to pilot a methodology to produce national statistics of off-farm losses. The study was conducted by the Ethiopian Statistics Service (ESS), with technical and financial support from the Office of the Chief Statistician and the Statistics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Author : Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Farmers’ grain storage and losses in Ethiopia: Measures and associates written by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storage losses at the farm are often assumed to be an important contributor to presumed large postharvest losses in developing countries. However, reliable and representative data on these losses are often lacking. We study farmers’ storage decisions and self-reported storage losses for grain based on two recent large-scale household surveys conducted in major agricultural areas in Ethiopia. We show that a relatively large share of grain production is stored by farm households themselves, mainly for own consumption, and that storage technologies are rudimentary. We find that farmers’ self-reported storage losses amount to an average of 4 percent of all grain stored and 2 percent of the total harvest. These storage losses are shown to differ significantly by socio-economic variables and wealth, but also by crop and humidity. We further see strong spatial heterogeneity in storage losses, being significantly higher in the southwestern part of the country. Efforts to scale up the adoption of improved storage technologies to reduce storage losses at the farm level should take into consideration these characteristics.

Author : Minten, Bart
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-harvest losses in rural-urban value chains: Evidence from Ethiopia written by Minten, Bart and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We study post-harvest losses (PHL) in important and rapidly growing rural-urban value chains in Ethiopia. We analyze self-reported PHL from different value chain agents – farmers, wholesale traders, processors, and retailers – based on unique large-scale data sets for two major commercial commodities, the storable staple teff and the perishable liquid milk. PHL in the most prevalent value chain pathways for teff and milk amount to between 2.2 and 3.3 percent and 2.1 and 4.3 percent of total produced quantities, respectively. We complement these findings with primary data from urban food retailers for more than 4,000 commodities. Estimates of PHL from this research overall are found to be significantly lower than is commonly assumed. We further find that the emerging modern retail sector in Ethiopia is characterized by half the level of PHL than are observed in the traditional retail sector. This is likely due to more stringent quality requirements at procurement, sales of more packaged – and therefore better protected – commodities, and better refrigeration, storage, and sales facilities. The further expected expansion of modern retail in these settings should likely lead to a lowering of PHL in food value chains, at least at the retail level.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251380570
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book FAO publications catalogue 2023 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue aims to improve the dissemination and outreach of FAO’s knowledge products and overall publishing programme. By providing information on its key publications in every area of FAO’s work, and catering to a range of audiences, it thereby contributes to all organizational outcomes. From statistical analysis to specialized manuals to children’s books, FAO publications cater to a diverse range of audiences. This catalogue presents a selection of FAO’s main publications, produced in 2023 or earlier, ranging from its global reports and general interest publications to numerous specialized titles. In addition to the major themes of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, it also includes thematic sections on climate change, economic and social development, and food safety and nutrition.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251375429
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on pre- and post-harvest crop losses pilot survey (2021–2022) written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2023-01-25 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2021–2022 (2014 Ethiopian calendar) pre- and post-harvest loss pilot survey aimed to produce data on the magnitude of pre-harvest damages and post-harvest losses of maize, wheat, faba beans, and haricot bean crops across the post-harvest value chain. It covered the three regions of Ethiopia, namely Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nations and Nationalities regions.

Author : Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3 pages
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Download or read book Synopsis: Farmers’ grain storage and losses in Ethiopia: Measures and associates written by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storage losses of crops on the farm are often assumed to be an important contributor to presumed large post-harvest losses in developing countries. However, reliable and representative estimates on these losses are often lacking. We study farmers’ storage decisions and self-reported storage losses for grain crops based on two recent large-scale household surveys conducted in major grain producing areas in Ethiopia. We show that a relatively large share of grain production is stored, mainly for own consumption, and that storage technologies are rudimentary. We find that farmers’ self-reported storage losses amount to an average of 4 percent of all grains stored and 2 percent of the total harvest. These storage losses are shown to differ significantly by some households’ socio-economic characteristics and wealth and also by crop and prevailing humidity levels. We further see strong spatial heterogeneity in storage losses, being significantly higher in the southwestern part of the country. Efforts to scale up the adoption of improved storage technologies to reduce storage losses at the farm level should take into consideration these characteristics.

Author : Jerry La Gra
Publisher : IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Commodity Systems Assessment Methodology for Problem and Project Identification written by Jerry La Gra and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on 1990 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gregory J. Scott
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896296350
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roots and Tubers for the 21st Century written by Gregory J. Scott and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2000 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizes a significant amount of data and information on roots and tubers in an effort to provide a clearer vision of their past, present, and future roles in the food systems of developing countries. How the production and use of these commodities have changed and will continue to change over time are all the more important to understand because of the contribution they make to the diets and income-generating activities of the rural and urban poor in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Provides a fuller understanding of the prospects of roots and tubers for food, feed, and other uses in developing countries.

Author : Ambler, Kate
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measuring postharvest losses at the farm level in Malawi written by Ambler, Kate and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reducing food loss and waste are important policy objectives prominently featured in the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. To optimally design interventions targeted at reducing losses, it is important to know where losses are concentrated between the farm and fork. This paper measures farmlevel postharvest losses for three main crops—maize, soy, and groundnuts—among 1,200 households in Malawi. Farmers answered a detailed questionnaire designed to learn about losses during harvest and transport, processing, and storage and which measures both total losses and reductions in crop quality. The findings indicate that fewer than half of households report suffering losses conditional on growing each crop. In addition, conditional on losses occurring, the loss averages between 5 and 12 percent of the farmer’s total harvest. Compared to nationally representative data that measure losses using a single survey question, this study documents a far greater percentage of farmers experiencing losses, though the unconditional proportion lost is similar. We find that losses are concentrated in harvest and processing activities for groundnuts and maize; for soy, they are highest during processing. Existing interventions have primarily targeted storage activities; however, these results suggest that targeting other activities may be worthwhile.

Author : Amalendu Chakraverty
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780203911310
Total Pages : 926 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Postharvest Technology written by Amalendu Chakraverty and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-01-22 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Postharvest Technology presents methods in the manufacture and supply of grains, fruits, vegetables, and spices. It details the physiology, structure, composition, and characteristics of grains and crops. The text covers postharvest technology through processing, handling, drying and milling to storage, packaging, and distribution. Additionally, it examines cooling and preservation techniques used to maintain the quality and the decrease spoilage and withering of agricultural products.