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Missing Food – The grain postharvest losses of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa

Missing Food – The grain postharvest losses of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr John Orchard & Prof Rick Hodges. Why have grain postharvest losses (PHLs) become so important? What can be done about postharvest losses?

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Missing Food – The grain postharvest losses of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  1. Missing Food – The grain postharvest losses of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa Dr John Orchard & Prof Rick Hodges

  2. Why have grain postharvest losses (PHLs) become so important? • Whatcanbedone about postharvest losses? • The contribution of the African Postharvest Losses Information System (APHLIS). What we will cover

  3. The People Daily – Kenya 18/01/2012

  4. Long run movements of food commodity prices Long run movements of food commodity prices 1970s food crisis 2006/07 food crisis Real price index/metric tonne Real price index What has triggered the interest? IMF Commodity price indexes deflated by the U.S. CPI

  5. Food riots - 2006 In developing countries, for every 1% increase in food prices, food purchases decrease by 0.75% (FAO 2006) The solution – to increase food availability ?

  6. 1st - Increase production 2nd - Widen distribution 3rd - Reduce losses and waste after harvest Three options to increase food availability

  7. PHLs are not just a waste of valuable food but also • a waste of the resources used in to food production – • Agricultural inputs (fertiliser, pesticide, oil) • Water • Land • Labour So loss reduction can be a more resource efficient response to food shortage than increased production. The benefits of reducing PHLs?

  8. What’s moving the scene Feb 2011 April 2011

  9. Provide incentives for improved quality. • Encourage group marketing. • Strengthen grain market institutions. • Enable access to improved approaches and technologies. • Support the postharvest technical community in LDCs (e.g. through APHLIS). What can be done about PHLs* *See World Bank report ‘Missing Food’ - http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ INTARD/Resources/MissingFoods10_web.pdf

  10. What is APHLIS? African Postharvest Losses Information System APHLIS is an initiative of the EC’s Joint Research Centre that provides- weight loss estimates by cereal, by country and by province in Sub-Saharan Africa JRC NRI BLE - ISICAD

  11. What is APHLIS? • Calculates cumulative cereal losses. • Is based on a network of local experts. • Method and data are displayed, so it is fully transparent. • Has a downloadable calculator for user estimation at any geographical scale. http://www.aphlis.net

  12. APHLIS outputs are presented in tables and interactive maps Maize % weight losses by province

  13. Influence policy makers. • Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency of value chains. • Identify opportunities to improve food security. • M&E project performance APHLIS outputs can be used to: Uses for APHLIS loss estimates

  14. A standardised approach to the collection of loss data – with development of a loss assessment manual. • A system for local experts to generate a narrative on loss estimates for their country In the future APHLIS will offer

  15. Provide an understanding of the significance of quality losses, and • Provide the approaches to be taken by smallholders, for each step in the post-harvest value chain, to reduce both losses of quantity and quality of their cereal grains. THANK YOU In the future APHLIS will offer

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