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Title |
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The diversity of postharvest losses in cassava value chains in selected developing countries |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Diego Naziri; Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, UK and International Potato Centre (CIP), Lima, Peru; United Kingdom |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Wilhelmina Quaye; Food Research Institute (FRI), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana.; Ghana |
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Author's name, affiliation, country |
Bernard Siwoku; Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria.; Nigeria |
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Author's name, affiliation, country |
Sittichoke Wanlapatit; Cassava and Starch Technology Research Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand.; Thailand |
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Author's name, affiliation, country |
Tu Viet Phu; School of Biotechnology and Food Technology (SBFT), Hanoi University of Science and Technology, (HUST), Viet Nam.; Viet Nam |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Ben Bennett; Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, UK.; United Kingdom |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Agricultural economics; Institutional economics; Socioeconomics |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
physical losses; economic losses; cassava; Ghana; Nigeria; Thailand; Vietnam |
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Description |
Abstract |
The extent of physical and economic postharvest losses at different stages of cassava value chains has been estimated in four countries that differ considerably in the way cassava is cultivated, processed and consumed and in the relationships and linkages among the value chain actors. Ghana incurs by far the highest losses because a high proportion of roots reach the consumers in the fresh form. Most losses occur at the last stage of the value chain. In Nigeria and Vietnam processors incur most of the losses while in Thailand most losses occur during harvesting. Poorer countries incur higher losses despite their capacity to absorb sub-standard products (therefore transforming part of the physical losses into economic losses) and less strict buyer standards. In monetary terms the impact of losses is particularly severe in Ghana and estimated at about half a billion US dollar per annum while in the other countries it is at the most about USD 50 million. This comparison shows that there are no “one-size-fits-all" solutions for addressing postharvest losses but rather these must be tailor-made to the specific characteristics of the different value chains. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
German Institute for Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics (DITSL GmbH) |
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Contributor |
Sponsor(s) |
EC FP7 Programme |
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Date |
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2014-12-31
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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PDF |
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Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/view/2014121946902 |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Name (URN) |
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2014121946902 |
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Source |
Title; vol., no. (year) |
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS); Vol 115, No 2 (2014) |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Copyright (c)
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