Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania

Key Findings / Background • Tomato value chains have high postharvest losses, making the crop expensive to consumers • This study shows that the use of paper lining in tomato crates reduces postharvest losses • The high cost of paper lining is a disincentive to wider adoption of the technology • Wh...

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Autores principales: Mwambi, Mercy, Mvungi, Henry, Ernest, Zablon, Termeet, Emma, Dijkxhoorn, Youri
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159436
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author Mwambi, Mercy
Mvungi, Henry
Ernest, Zablon
Termeet, Emma
Dijkxhoorn, Youri
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description Key Findings / Background • Tomato value chains have high postharvest losses, making the crop expensive to consumers • This study shows that the use of paper lining in tomato crates reduces postharvest losses • The high cost of paper lining is a disincentive to wider adoption of the technology • While value chain actors want to reduce postharvest losses, more evidence is needed on what works best
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spelling CGSpace1594362025-12-11T21:41:41Z Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania Mwambi, Mercy Mvungi, Henry Ernest, Zablon Termeet, Emma Dijkxhoorn, Youri tomatoes postharvest losses technology adoption prices Key Findings / Background • Tomato value chains have high postharvest losses, making the crop expensive to consumers • This study shows that the use of paper lining in tomato crates reduces postharvest losses • The high cost of paper lining is a disincentive to wider adoption of the technology • While value chain actors want to reduce postharvest losses, more evidence is needed on what works best 2024-11-07 2024-11-08T14:50:26Z 2024-11-08T14:50:26Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159436 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Mwambi, Mercy; Mvungi, Henry; Ernest, Zablon; Termeet, Emma; and Dijkxhoorn, Youri. 2024. Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania. FRESH Initiative Brief October 2024. CGIAR System Organization.
spellingShingle tomatoes
postharvest losses
technology adoption
prices
Mwambi, Mercy
Mvungi, Henry
Ernest, Zablon
Termeet, Emma
Dijkxhoorn, Youri
Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania
title Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania
title_full Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania
title_fullStr Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania
title_short Incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining: A field experiment with traders and retailers in Tanzania
title_sort incentives and disincentives of adopting wooden crate paper lining a field experiment with traders and retailers in tanzania
topic tomatoes
postharvest losses
technology adoption
prices
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159436
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