Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This paper is focused on intervention scenarios for smallholder potato value chains in Kenya that improve yields, reduce losses, minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase economic performance and food security. For that, business models and GHG emission estimates are developed, based on t...
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| author | Soethoudt, Han Castelein, Bob |
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| description | This paper is focused on intervention scenarios for smallholder potato value chains in Kenya that improve yields, reduce losses, minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase economic performance and food security. For that, business models and GHG emission estimates are developed, based on the existing data, combined with relevancy and time-to-impact analysis using practical real-life information from stakeholders in the potato sector, which is the second largest agricultural crop in Kenya after maize. The results show that profitability, environmental improvement and food security can go hand in hand with realistic short-term interventions for potato production at smallholder farms. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1158522025-02-19T13:42:10Z Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions Soethoudt, Han Castelein, Bob climate change agriculture food security smallholders food losses food wastes greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases potatoes This paper is focused on intervention scenarios for smallholder potato value chains in Kenya that improve yields, reduce losses, minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase economic performance and food security. For that, business models and GHG emission estimates are developed, based on the existing data, combined with relevancy and time-to-impact analysis using practical real-life information from stakeholders in the potato sector, which is the second largest agricultural crop in Kenya after maize. The results show that profitability, environmental improvement and food security can go hand in hand with realistic short-term interventions for potato production at smallholder farms. 2021-09-16 2021-11-05T13:56:13Z 2021-11-05T13:56:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115852 en Open Access MDPI Seouthoudt H, Castelein B. 2021. Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Agronomy 11(9):1857. |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security smallholders food losses food wastes greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases potatoes Soethoudt, Han Castelein, Bob Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| title | Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| title_full | Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| title_fullStr | Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| title_short | Food Loss-Reducing Intervention Strategies for Potato Smallholders in Kenya—A Positive Business Case with Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| title_sort | food loss reducing intervention strategies for potato smallholders in kenya a positive business case with reduced greenhouse gas emissions |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security smallholders food losses food wastes greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases potatoes |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115852 |
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