Innovative technologies for post-harvest issues

1. Presented By: Olusegun Falade (GM, Golden Agri Input, FMN) At The African Magazine Agribusiness Summit 2019 Innovative technologies for post-harvest issues 28.08.19

2. Outline • Background • Objectives • The typical Agricultural Value Chain • Main Categories of Causes of Postharvest Losses • Postharvest Procedures - Associated Hazard • Innovative Strategies/Technologies that Combat Postharvest Losses • Final Consideration- Produce Quality Maintenance and Enhancing

3. Background Post harvest losses refer to the quantitative loss of food that occur during food value chain operations that does not reach intended consumers. Nigeria loses more than N2.7 trillion yearly from post-harvest food losses and presently, post-harvest food losses for grains, roots and tubers, fruits and vegetable, livestock and fisheries, and many more are about 15, 35, 50, and 30 per cent, respectively.  According to many studies, farmers have been losing between 30% and 40% of the value of their fruits and vegetables before they reach the final consumer. 1–8 These losses are observed at harvesting, during packing, transportation, in wholesale and retail markets, and during delays at different stages of handling. Prevention and reduction of Post Harvest Losses is not only a goal in itself that is only tied to food security.

4. Objectives for Post Harvest Technologies

5. The typical Agricultural Value Chain Supply Chain Post Harvest

6. Main Categories of causes of postharvest losses (%) Quality standards & Control Investment capacity Processing capacity Post harvest R&D Market information Infrastructure Packaging Post harvest product handling Storage facilities Transport climate control

7. Post Harvest Procedures – Associated Hazards Harvesting • Inappropriate maturity at harvest(over ripening increases sensitivity to quality decay in case of fruits; moisture level in grains. • Inappropriate harvest technique (mechanical damages-physical injuries). • Climatic conditions at harvesting (free water, exposition of product to direct sun light ) • Harvesting wet products (increase sensitivity to quality decay) • Inappropriate harvesting recipes/containers ( physical injuries).

8. Post Harvest Procedures – Associated Hazards Produce reception • Uncovered areas (direct exposition of produce to unconducive climatic conditions). • Inappropriate handling of the product during loading and unloading. • Inappropriate produce heaping (mechanical damages). • Timings in the operations (if conditions are inappropriate they can generate increasing product temperature and quality decay). • Lack of planning during harvesting (increase delays in the operations).

9. Post Harvest Procedures – Associated Hazards Storage • Inappropriate pile up during packing. • Packing products with different degree of maturity. • Mechanical damages caused by personnel or improper design of mechanical grading machines. • Lack of control of temperature and Relative Humidity conditions • Control of pests and insects infestation during storage

10. Post Harvest Procedures – Associated Hazards Transport • Distance from Farm to Market considering the poor road network • Inappropriate systems of loading and unloading. • Uncovered vehicles, expose the product to the negative effect of the environmental conditions. • Poor control of temperature and relative humidity in the transport systems. • Inappropriate systems of packing (p.e. in bulk). • Poor cushioning systems of the vehicles.

11. Innovative Strategies/Technologies that combat Post Harvest Losses Fruits & Vegetables Refrigerated Van Cold insulation for perishable produce - vegetables Transafeliner Protects and preserves the quality of dry agricultural commodities shipped in bags or in pallets inside a shipping container. Zero energy storage structure

12. Crates Packing Bins They were developed for harvesting, storage, cooling, and transportation of produce from the field to the packing shed

13. Innovative Strategies/Technologies that combat Post Harvest Losses Fish and fish Products Solar Dryers Some of the irregularities associated with the local method of smoking has been taken care of with the development of a smoking kiln 

14. Innovative Strategies/Technologies that combat Post Harvest Losses Grains / Cereals, pulses & Oil seeds Transafeliner Protects and preserves the quality of dry agricultural commodities shipped in bags or in pallets inside a shipping container. Silos Silo Bags Hermetic storage is an ancient technology used to control insect infestation in grain and preserve its nutrient quality and caloric value.

15. Innovative Strategies/Technologies that combat Post Harvest Losses In sale… New Improved Storage bottles for pulses and oil seeds Corrugated fibreboard packaging for tropical fruits.

16. Innovative Strategies/Technologies that combat Post Harvest Losses New Improved Storage Bags

17. Benefits of using ZeroFlyforgrain dealers • Protect productsfrom all external infestations instorage andtransport s foraprolonger period up to 1 year. • All grains 100% safe just after one only initial fumigation (to ensure no presence of live insects, larvae and eggs inside the bags). • Provides an early barrier to insects trying to penetrate the bagsalongtheentire supply chain (benefittransferredup to end consumers). • Eliminateanyrisk of cross-contamination betweenbags in case of presence of live insects/larvae inside the bagseven aftertheinitialfumigation. • Breaking the reproductive cycle of the insects, already after few rotations eradicates insect presence in the entire warehouse providinglong term benefits also forothercommotities stored.

18. Provide a trouble free storage experience preventing clientscomplaints andrejectionof consignementsdueto insects presence in the products;

19. Final Considerations - Produce quality maintenance and enhancing

20. Thank You