Recent Innovations in Post-Harvest Preservation and Protection of Agricultural Products

Maier, Dirk E.; Chikez, Hory

doi:10.3390/agriculture11121275

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“…The mitigation of food loss at the primary production stage is to reuse lost food to be composted, used for animal feeding, used as raw materials for biofuel, used for biogas plants, or buried in landfill (Łaba et al, 2022). Using proper packaging materials and intelligent storage methods can avoid disease and pesticides Maier and Chikez, 2021).…”

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“…Official authorities need to strengthen policies, initiatives, and regulations on limiting food loss and waste ("From farm to fork," n.d.; "Resource Efficiency Environment European Commission," n.d.;Redlingshöfer et al, 2017). Public education or training for stakeholders (Goldmann et al, 2021;Kamda et al, 2021) about the consequences of food loss and waste and proper operational skills and technologies (Maier and Chikez, 2021) across the food value chain can help to reduce the food loss and waste possibility from the source. Nutritional education and healthy lifestyle education for individual consumers from childhood and primary school can raise consumers' awareness of reducing food waste ("Diffusion of Innovation Theory," n.d.; Rogers, 1993;Szakos et al, 2021).…”

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Why does food loss and waste matter for food security - from the perspective of cause and magnitude

Wu,

Takács-György

2023

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Food security has raised crisis alarms all over the world. Especially nowadays, conventional agriculture is threatened by climate change and extreme weather, and the agri-food system is loading the increasing population burden. Food loss and waste (FLW) have gotten more and more attention. Still, the main research focus is on a narrowed and specific stage of the food value chain of specific food types in a particular area, which lacks an overall comprehensive understanding of this topic from a broad view. This review aims to provide a comprehensive description of food loss and waste and provide a useful theoretical background to public decision-makers and individuals to reduce food loss and waste for a better and more sustainable society, economy, and environment. Secondary research and content analysis are used in this review as methodology, following Michael E. Porter’s value chain theory, to analyze and simplify the sustainable path (in light of the cause and magnitude of food security based on the nexus between food security and food loss and waste across the entire food value chain (from the main manifestation of FLW: agricultural production stages, such as cultivation or breeding and storage, post-harvest processing and distribution, and retail and consumption. We also provided the Ishikawa model diagram to better explain the causes of food loss and waste. And other manifestations, such as the COVID-19 and Russia and Ukraine war). To conclude, reducing food loss and waste is crucial for sustainable food security, but the manifestation of FLW differ in different stage of the value chain and different food types. Generally speaking, production sees the most loss, while consumption sees the most waste. Therefore, we suggest both public and private should be aware that producing more food and utilizing food resources properly along different stages of the value chain is equally important.

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Why does food loss and waste matter for food security - from the perspective of cause and magnitude

Wu,

Takács-György

2023

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“…This PHL paradox [12] often is framed as farmers "failing to adopt" technology. This framing reflects a view that pilot demonstrations, which rely on external resources and support but take place in specific limited settings, will be replicated by SHFs in the context of their day-to-day lives.…”

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The YieldWise Approach to Post-Harvest Loss Reduction: Creating Market-Driven Supply Chains to Support Sustained Technology Adoption

2023

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Excessively high levels of post-harvest loss often are a feature of agricultural systems dominated by small-holder farmers. However, this situation is something of a paradox, as technologies exist that have been shown in field demonstrations to substantially reduce post-harvest loss. What explains this paradox? Building on insights derived from the Rockefeller Foundation’s YieldWise Initiative, this article proposes that while reducing post-harvest loss generally does require technology adoption by small-holder farmers, market-driven supply chains are essential to the sustained use of those technologies. We illustrate this approach using in-depth interview data collected from the YieldWise participants belonging to the Iringa Hope Cooperative in Tanzania. Data on the benefits and challenges of such an approach are provided from the perspective of the small-holder farmer. In addition, we model the economic benefits associated with this approach.

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Sustainable Paths to Food Security from the Perspective of Food Loss and Waste Management

Wu,

Takács-György

2023

2023 IEEE 21st Jubilee International Symposium on Intelligent Systems and Informatics (SISY)

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Recent Innovations in Post-Harvest Preservation and Protection of Agricultural Products

Abstract: Food loss and waste is a global problem that negatively impacts the bottom lines of producers and agri-businesses, wastes limited resources, and contributes to climate change [...]

Cited by 3 publications

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Why does food loss and waste matter for food security - from the perspective of cause and magnitude

Why does food loss and waste matter for food security - from the perspective of cause and magnitude

The YieldWise Approach to Post-Harvest Loss Reduction: Creating Market-Driven Supply Chains to Support Sustained Technology Adoption

Sustainable Paths to Food Security from the Perspective of Food Loss and Waste Management

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