Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain
Management of postharvest food loss and waste (FLW) is an important strategy in efforts to sustainably meet the food and nutrition needs of the world’s growing population. Sustainable food systems are critical to achieving food security and nutrition for all, now and in the future. Food systems cann...
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| description | Management of postharvest food loss and waste (FLW) is an important strategy in efforts to sustainably meet the food and nutrition needs of the world’s growing population. Sustainable food systems are critical to achieving food security and nutrition for all, now and in the future. Food systems cannot be sustainable when a large proportion of the food produced using limited resources is lost or wasted in the supply chain. At the global level, it is estimated that poor postharvest management means this is the case for 30 percent of the food produced for human consumption (FAO 2011, 2019).
The figure for Kenya is similar (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives 2018). The 2021 Food Waste Index Report (UNEP 2021) indicates that every Kenyan wastes about 100 kg of food every year, which adds up to 5.2 million metric tons1 per year, excluding food loss that happens upstream, from production to retail. In monetary terms, wasteful consumption accounts for slightly over US$500 million annually (Mbatia 2021). FLW exacerbates food insecurity and has negative impacts on the environment through waste of precious land, water, farm inputs, and energy used in producing food that is not consumed. In addition, postharvest losses, caused by poor storage conditions, reduce income to farmers and contribute to higher food prices. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1389782025-11-06T04:09:32Z Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain Ambuko, Jane Owino, Willis postharvest losses food waste sustainability food systems supply chains Management of postharvest food loss and waste (FLW) is an important strategy in efforts to sustainably meet the food and nutrition needs of the world’s growing population. Sustainable food systems are critical to achieving food security and nutrition for all, now and in the future. Food systems cannot be sustainable when a large proportion of the food produced using limited resources is lost or wasted in the supply chain. At the global level, it is estimated that poor postharvest management means this is the case for 30 percent of the food produced for human consumption (FAO 2011, 2019). The figure for Kenya is similar (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives 2018). The 2021 Food Waste Index Report (UNEP 2021) indicates that every Kenyan wastes about 100 kg of food every year, which adds up to 5.2 million metric tons1 per year, excluding food loss that happens upstream, from production to retail. In monetary terms, wasteful consumption accounts for slightly over US$500 million annually (Mbatia 2021). FLW exacerbates food insecurity and has negative impacts on the environment through waste of precious land, water, farm inputs, and energy used in producing food that is not consumed. In addition, postharvest losses, caused by poor storage conditions, reduce income to farmers and contribute to higher food prices. 2023-12-20 2024-02-06T20:08:18Z 2024-02-06T20:08:18Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138978 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ambuko, Jane; and Owino, Willis. 2023. Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain. In Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future, eds. Clemens Breisinger, Michael Keenan, Juneweenex Mbuthia, and Jemimah Njuki. Part 6: Toward more sustainable food systems, Chapter 17, Pp. 433-468. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561_17. |
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| title | Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain |
| title_full | Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain |
| title_fullStr | Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain |
| title_short | Toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management: Lessons from Kenya's mango value chain |
| title_sort | toward sustainable transformation through postharvest management lessons from kenya s mango value chain |
| topic | postharvest losses food waste sustainability food systems supply chains |
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