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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| author | Mwambi, Mercy Mvungi, Henry Ernest, Zablon Termeet, Emma Dijkxhoorn, Youri |
| author_browse | Dijkxhoorn, Youri Ernest, Zablon Mvungi, Henry Mwambi, Mercy Termeet, Emma |
| author_facet | Mwambi, Mercy Mvungi, Henry Ernest, Zablon Termeet, Emma Dijkxhoorn, Youri |
| author_sort | Mwambi, Mercy |
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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 |
| format | Brief |
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| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2024 |
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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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