ReviewFood policy2017
Review: Food loss and waste in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Review in Food policy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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20 citing papers in PubMed.
- AI and IoT in Sugar Beet Systems: A Review of Monitoring, VOC Sensing, and Post-Harvest Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Closing the micronutrient loop: recovering and redirecting trace elements from food supply chains for a circular and nutrition-secure future.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Study protocol: post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables and their relationship with the nutritional status of women and children.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Changing food waste regimes in Africa's transition to export-oriented production: the case of Tanzanian avocado.Agriculture and human values · 2025Article
- Extraction and Comparative Assessment of the Physicochemical Properties of Pectin From Four Fruit Wastes in Ghana.Scientifica · 2025Article
- Research and Technologies to Reduce Grain Postharvest Losses: A Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The management and prevention of food losses and waste in low- and middle-income countries: A mini-review in the Africa region.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2024Review
- Global food loss and waste estimates show increasing nutritional and environmental pressures.Nature food · 2024Article
- Diet, nutrition, and climate: historical and contemporary connections.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- On-farm storage loss estimates of maize in Kenya using community survey methods.Journal of stored products research · 2023Article
- On the Potential of Packaging for Reducing Fruit and Vegetable Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Uncovering the Research Gaps to Alleviate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: A Review.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
- From Quantifying to Managing Food Loss in the Agri-Food Industry Supply Chain.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Improved storage mitigates vulnerability to food-supply shocks in smallholder agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic.Global food security · 2021Article
- Traditional vegetable preservation technologies practiced in Acholi subregion of Uganda improves mineral bioavailability but impacts negatively on the contribution of vegetables to household needs for micronutrients.Food science & nutrition · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Aflatoxin- and Fumonisin-Producing Fungi Associated with Cereal Crops Grown in Zimbabwe and Their Associated Risks in a Climate Change Scenario.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods.Food security · 2021Review
- Reducing food loss and waste: Five challenges for policy and research.Food policy · 2021Article
- Mycotoxin concentrations in rice from three climatic locations in Africa as affected by grain quality, production site, and storage duration.Food science & nutrition · 2019Article
- Does improved storage technology promote modern input use and food security? Evidence from a randomized trial in Uganda.Journal of development economics · 2018Article
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Abstract
The research, development practitioner, and donor community has begun to focus on food loss and waste - often referred to as post-harvest losses (PHL) - in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article reviews the current state of the literature on PHL mitigation. First, we identify explicitly the varied objectives underlying efforts to reduce PHL levels. Second, we summarize the estimated magnitudes of losses, evaluate the methodologies used to generate those estimates, and explore the dearth of thoughtful assessment around "optimal" PHL levels. Third, we synthesize and critique the impact evaluation literature around on-farm and off-farm interventions expected to deliver PHL reduction. Fourth, we suggest a suite of other approaches to advancing these same objectives, some of which may prove more cost-effective. Finally, we conclude with a summary of main points.
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