Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Nordhagen, Stella

doi:10.36072/wp.20

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“…In the study areas, storage of ware potato is mainly done by women often for household food consumption, which could explain their higher intentions to store potato. This finding is consistent with Nordhagen (2021), who found that women are more involved in storage decisions, especially in food value chains. This finding points to the importance of being gender intentional when designing potato storage interventions that seek to change previously gendered practices (Mudege et al, 2020).…”

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To sell or store? Assessing smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for potato cold storage in Kenya

Ateka

Mbeche

2022

Food and Energy Security

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Storage of food commodities for some time after harvest can play an important role in alleviating the downside of price fluctuations in developing countries.While storage can offer smallholder farmers substantial inter-temporal arbitrage opportunities, existing evidence shows that many farmers in developing countries store little of their harvest. Using a cross sectional survey of 502 households in Nyandarua and Bomet Counties of Kenya, this paper assessed smallholder farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for cold storage and compares their WTP with the arbitrage opportunities. Our results reveal that the storage of potato was generally limited with only 26% storing in the season preceding the study. Using a hypothetical scenario with double-bounded contingent valuation formats, our findings show that a considerable proportion of households (70.7%) were willing to rent cold storage facilities. The WTP for storing a 90 kg bag of Shangi, a common variety with a short shelf life (1 month) was Kenya shillings (KES) 104 (1.16/ kg/month) compared KES 96.4 (1.07/kg/month) for the Unica variety (slightly longer shelf life). The probit model results show that gender (being female), and transaction costs associated with access to markets (e.g., geographical location and distance to the road) were positively associated with WTP. Furthermore, household endowment, reflected in household expenditure, income and level of potato commercialization had a positive influence on WTP to store. In addition, institutional characteristics of collective action, previous experience with storage and use of certified seed (often associated with extension) enhanced households WTP for potato storage. The results on potato prices over a 5-year period (2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019) show that seasonal price gaps were higher than the estimated WTP, suggesting that potato storage could be economically viable. These findings have significant policy implications not only for commodities whose harvest is perishable and season bound (e.g., vegetables, fruits) where arbitrage may offer price stabilization.

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confidence: 92%

To sell or store? Assessing smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for potato cold storage in Kenya

Ateka

Mbeche

2022

Food and Energy Security

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“…Additionally, more work is needed on gender and food loss. Women account for approximately half of the workforce in aquatic food value chains 5 , and it has been recognized that gender and gender equity affect loss [42][43][44] .…”

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Aquatic food loss and waste rate in the United States is half of earlier estimates

Love,

Asche,

Fry

et al. 2023

Nat Food

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Food loss and waste (FLW) is a major challenge to food system sustainability, including aquatic foods. We investigated aquatic FLW in the food supply of the United States, the largest importer of aquatic food globally, using primary and secondary data and life cycle methodology. We show that there are significant differences in FLW among species, production technology, origin and stage of supply chain. We estimate total aquatic FLW was 22.7%, which is 43–55% lower than earlier estimates reported in the literature, illustrating the importance of applying a disaggregated approach. Production losses associated with imported food contribute over a quarter of total FLW, and addressing these losses requires multinational efforts to implement interventions along the supply chain. These findings inform prioritization of solutions—including areas of need for innovations, government incentives, policy change, infrastructure and equity.

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“…In aquaculture, the highest rates of quality loss were tilapia in China and Bangladesh (14% and l1% loss, respectively), shrimp in Bangladesh and Vietnam (9% each), and freshwater species (carps, rui, catla) in Bangladesh (9%). In LMICs, a large share of losses occur in post-harvest processing where women play a large role; and it has been recognized that gender and gender equity affect loss 42 . In Zambia, researchers found a large gender gap in post-harvest losses (3 times greater losses of sh among female than male processors) and recommend improving processing technology and addressing unequal gender relations to reduce loss and promote food security 43 .…”

Section: Quality Lossmentioning

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Aquatic Food Loss and Waste from Production to Consumption: United States Case Study

Asche

Fry

Nguyen

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Food loss and waste (FLW) is a major challenge to food system sustainability, including aquatic foods. Few data exist on aquatic FLW outside of small-scale fisheries, with major gaps in aquaculture species that make up half of global production. We investigated aquatic FLW in the food supply of the United States (US), the largest importer of aquatic food globally. We show that there are significant differences in FLW among species, production technology, origin, and stage of supply chain. We estimate that the total FLW was 22.7%, significantly lower than the 50% earlier reported in the literature, illustrating the importance of applying a disaggregated approach. Production losses from imports contribute over a quarter of total FLW, which strongly illustrates the importance of implementing systems approaches and multinational efforts to reduce FLW. The findings inform prioritization of solutions, including areas of needed innovations, government incentives, policy change, infrastructure and equity.

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Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Cited by 6 publications

References 43 publications

To sell or store? Assessing smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for potato cold storage in Kenya

To sell or store? Assessing smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for potato cold storage in Kenya

Aquatic food loss and waste rate in the United States is half of earlier estimates

Aquatic Food Loss and Waste from Production to Consumption: United States Case Study

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