On the origins of food loss
In this paper, we try to understand what the main causes of food losses (FLs) are. Our results show that producers' education and experience and the number of years in which a producer has been involved in the production of a specific crop are significantly correlated with reduction in FL. Unfavorab...
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| author | Delgado, Luciana Schuster, Monica Torero, Máximo |
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| description | In this paper, we try to understand what the main causes of food losses (FLs) are. Our results show that producers' education and experience and the number of years in which a producer has been involved in the production of a specific crop are significantly correlated with reduction in FL. Unfavorable climatic conditions, pests, and diseases, as well as limited knowledge and access to equipment, credit, and markets, are also challenges to increasing production of higher quality and therefore reasons for FL. Policies to reduce and prevent FL need to be targeted to specific commodities and contexts.Q13; Q18; Q58 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1423492025-08-07T07:40:57Z On the origins of food loss Delgado, Luciana Schuster, Monica Torero, Máximo foods policies food policies crops storage capacity development food losses perishable products postharvest losses In this paper, we try to understand what the main causes of food losses (FLs) are. Our results show that producers' education and experience and the number of years in which a producer has been involved in the production of a specific crop are significantly correlated with reduction in FL. Unfavorable climatic conditions, pests, and diseases, as well as limited knowledge and access to equipment, credit, and markets, are also challenges to increasing production of higher quality and therefore reasons for FL. Policies to reduce and prevent FL need to be targeted to specific commodities and contexts.Q13; Q18; Q58 2021-06-01 2024-05-22T12:10:21Z 2024-05-22T12:10:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142349 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101958 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148474 Open Access Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Delgado, Luciana; Schuster, Monica; and Torero, Maximo. 2021. On the origins of food loss. Applied Economic Perspectives and 43(2): 750-780. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13156 |
| spellingShingle | foods policies food policies crops storage capacity development food losses perishable products postharvest losses Delgado, Luciana Schuster, Monica Torero, Máximo On the origins of food loss |
| title | On the origins of food loss |
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| title_short | On the origins of food loss |
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| topic | foods policies food policies crops storage capacity development food losses perishable products postharvest losses |
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