scholarly journals Postharvest losses of bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) in selected sub-counties of Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 17529-17544
Author(s):  
CW Gathambiri ◽  
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WO Owino ◽  
S Imathiu ◽  
JN Mbaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Scientists ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Bulb Onion ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Mode Of Transport

Inappropriate postharvest practices such as unsuitable harvesting methods and inadequate curing in bulb onion lead to losses. Postharvest losses in bulb onion contribute to food and nutrition insecurity. Although Kenya has suitable environmental conditions for bulb onion production, its productivity is low, which is attributed to pre-and postharvest factors. Information on bulb onion postharvest losses and their causes in the country is scanty which limits the development of postharvest losses reduction strategies. Therefore, this study was carried out in three major bulb onion growing sub-counties of Kenya namely Mt.Elgon, Buuriand KajiadoEastto determine postharvest practices, causes, and factors influencing postharvest losses of bulb onion. A multi-stage sampling design was used to select the study areas and a total of 166respondents were randomly selected. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using a structured questionnaire to collect information on postharvest handling practices, postharvest loss levels, and their causes at farm level. Data were subjected to descriptive and logistic regression analysis using Statistical Package for Social Scientists(SPSS) software version 2.0. Results indicated that 68% of the respondents were males and with an average age of40 years in the three sites. Forty-eight percent of the respondents used leaves toppling, and 25% used drying of upper leaves as maturity indices. About 42% of the respondents used machete (panga) as a harvesting tool which significantly (P<0.05) influenced postharvest losses. Seventy seven percent of the respondents indicated that up to 30% of postharvest losses occurred at farm level. Forty percent of the respondents indicated that bulb onion rots caused 10 % loss at farm level. The level of education and mode of transport (bicycles and donkeys) significantly (P<0.05) influenced postharvest losses. It was concluded that the postharvest losses at farm levelwas30%andwere mainly caused by rotting. Socio-economic characteristics and postharvest handling practices influenced bulb onion losses at farm level. Development of postharvest losses reduction strategies on bulb onions focusing on alleviating rotting through appropriate postharvest handling practices at farm level was recommended.

scholarly journals APLIKASI COMMODITY SYSTEM ASSESSMENT METHOD (CSAM) PADA DISTRIBUSI SELEDRI (Apium graveolens L.) DARI PETANI DI KECAMATAN BATURITI KE PENGECER.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 200
Author(s):  
Kadek Adi Wintagata ◽  
Amna Hartiati ◽  
Bambang Admadi
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Method ◽  
Apium Graveolens ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Distribution Line ◽  
System Assessment ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research is 1). to determine the number of distribution paths celery (Apiumgraveolens L.), the type of distribution lines 2). postharvest handling of celery, and the impact of postharvest losses and the value of the damage of farmers to retailers Baturiti district. The method used in this research is survey method with the application of the Commodity Systems Assessment Method in the form of questionnaires distributed to farmers, collectors, wholesalers, suppliers and retailers of celery. There are four lines of celery distribution, there are, the first (I) is farmers ? retailers, the second (II) is farmers ? collectors ? retailers, the third (III ) is farmers ? collectors ? wholesalers ? retailers, and the last (IV) is farmers ? collectors ? wholesalers ? suppliers ? retailers. Post-harvest handling at the farm level include harvesting, sorting and cleaning, packaging and transportation. Post-harvest handling at the level of collectors, and wholesalers include weighing, sorting, and transporting, postharvest handling at the retail level covering inspection, packaging, and display, postharvest handling at the level of suppliers includes weighing, sorting, packaging and transportation, postharvest handling level includes supermarkets weighing, inspection, and display. Impact on celery postharvest losses at the farm level, namely the harvest reached 14,53% (significant), at the level of the collectors in the transport process is reached 0,44% (insignificant), at the level of big traders when transporting reached 0% (insignificant), at the retails level in sorting reached  0% (insignificant), at the sorting supplier level reached 1,55% (significant). Keyword: Distribution line, CSAM, postharvest, celery.

scholarly journals An Investigation into Major Causes for Postharvest Losses of Horticultural Crops and Their Handling Practice in Debre Markos, North-Western Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Yebirzaf Yeshiwas ◽  
Esubalew Tadele
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Debre Markos ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Postharvest Loss ◽  
North Western ◽  
Western Ethiopia

In developing countries, food systems are mainly characterized by unorganized, traditional supply chains, and limited market infrastructure. Bulk quantity of the harvested produce is lost every year because of the absence of proper postharvest handling and management practices. The current study was conducted to estimate and identify the major causes for postharvest losses of fruits and vegetables in Debre Markos, north-western Ethiopia. Forty respondents who were retailing fruits and vegetables were randomly selected and qualitative and quantitative data were collected by using direct market observation and semistructured questioners. The result of the present study revealed significant differences between sociodemographic factors, handling practices, and postharvest loss. Educational status, selling experience, and packaging material have a significant relationship with postharvest loss. A significant difference was obtained among the transportation methods used, the selling place, storage methods, and materials. The result also indicated that fewer than 20 percent of respondents practiced selling fruits and vegetables in the resident mini shop. The majority of damaged produce was sold at a discount price. Retailers do not have formal knowledge of postharvest handling practices. The average postharvest losses of fruits and vegetables were estimated to be five to eighty-three percent of the market share. Mainly, during retailing, rotting, mechanical damage, poor handling, improper management of temperature and relative humidity, and hygiene problems during handling are among the major causes of postharvest losses. To reduce the high postharvest loss and supply quality products for consumers throughout the year, intervention activities such as the construction of permanent selling place for perishables, practicing various evaporative cooling technologies, outset training, awareness creation, and infrastructures should be effectively and urgently addressed.

scholarly journals APLIKASI COMMODITY SYSTEM ASSESSMENT METHOD DALAM DISTRIBUSI JAGUNG (Zea mays) DARI PETANI DI KECAMATAN KLUNGKUNG KE PENGECER

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Pande Made Kerta Indra Yoga ◽  
Bambang Admadi Harsojuwono ◽  
I.G.A Lani Triani
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Distribution Line ◽  
System Assessment ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research was to determine the number of distribution corn (Zea mays), the type of distribution and postharvest handling of corn, and the impact of postharvest losses and the value of the damage of farmers to retailers Klungkung district. The method used in this research is survey method with the application of the Commodity Systems Assessment Method in the form of questionnaires distributed to farmers, collectors, wholesalers, suppliers and retailers of corn. In the distribution of corn, there are four lines, namely, lanes I farmers  retailers, lane II farmers  collectors  retailers, lane III farmers  collectors  wholesalers  retailers, lines IV farmers  collectors  wholesalers  suppliers   supermarkets. Post-harvest handling at the farm level include harvesting, sorting and cleaning, packaging and transportation. Post-harvest handling at the level of collectors, and wholesalers include weighing, sorting, and transporting, postharvest handling at the retail level covering inspection, packaging, and display, postharvest handling at the level of suppliers includes weighing, sorting, packaging and transportation, postharvest handling level includes supermarkets weighing, inspection, and display. Impact on corn postharvest losses at the farm level, namely the harvest reached 7% (significant), at the level of the collectors in the transport process is reached 2.68% (not significant), at the level of big traders when transporting reached 3.8% (not significant), at the retail level in sorting reached 2.38% (not significant), in the sorting supplier level of 11.8% (significant). Keyword : Distribution line, postharvest, corn, CSAM

scholarly journals Profitability of mango marketing in different supply chains in selected areas of Chapai Nawabganj district

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-487
Author(s):  
MAM Miah ◽  
MS Hoq ◽  
MG Saha
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Insect Infestation ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Postharvest Losses ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Postharvest Handling

A plenty of mangoes are spoiled and damaged every year due to improper postharvest handling and inefficient supply chain. Sufficient information are lacking on these issues in Bangladesh. The study assessed the postharvest handling of key actors in mango supply chains and estimated the post-harvest losses at different stakeholder level in Chapai Nawabganj district, Bangladesh. In total 83 respondents taking 30 mango growers and 53 mango traders were interviewed from Chapai Nawabganj and Dhaka districts. The study identified eight marketing channels for mango marketing. The prominent channel was Grower> Bepari> Urban Arathdar> Urban retailer> urban Consumer since 85.1% mangos moved through this channel. Bepari incurred the highest marketing cost (Tk.7338/ton) due to long distance coverage followed by retailer (Tk.1218/ton) and Faria (Tk.738/ton). Faria received the highest net margin (Tk.8068/ton) due to lower marketing cost and spoilage followed by retailer (Tk. 6601/ton) and Bepari (Tk.5394/ton).The results revealed that the estimated average postharvest losses were 14.11% and 9.61% at farm and traders’ level respectively. At farm level, these losses occurred during harvesting, sorting & grading, and transportation. Harvesting losses were due to cracking, bruising, compression, and disease and insect infestation. The highest loss was recorded at retail level (4.64%) followed by Bepari (3.95%). Farmers and Farias used different local carriers, whereas trucks and pick up van were used by Bepari to transport mango from assemble markets to urban wholesale markets. Major marketing problems in the supply chain were delayed sale and lack of buyers.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 43(3): 471-487, September 2018

Does a Diversified Crop Portfolio Make Farmers More Efficient? A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis of Farm-level Data from Assam, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 097300522199758
Author(s):  
Raju Mandal ◽  
Shrabanti Maity
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Production Frontier ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Stochastic Production

The agriculture sector in India is beset with twin limitations of shrinking cultivable area and absence of major technological breakthroughs in the recent past. In such a situation, a judicious management of the farm in the form of adjustment in a crop portfolio can be quite useful to maximise output and minimise wastage of resources. This article seeks to examine whether a diversified crop portfolio makes the farmers more efficient using farm-level survey data collected from geographically diverse areas of Assam, a state in northeast India. The results of a stochastic production frontier analysis show that adoption of a diversified crop portfolio across crops and seasons makes the farmers more efficient in cultivation by helping them reduce weather-induced damages to crops and reap better returns from farming. This efficiency-enhancing effect of crop diversification is found to be heterogeneous among the regions. However, too much diversification reduces the efficiency of farmers. The results have important implications for Assam where floods cause extensive damage to crops every year. Moreover, access to extension services and government support are found to make the farmers more efficient. On the other hand, fixed-rent form of tenancy reduces efficiency of the farmers while household size has a positive impact on the same.

scholarly journals Has fertility increased at very high levels of development?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hampton Gray Gaddy
Keyword(s):  
Human Development Index ◽  
National Level ◽  
Low Fertility ◽  
Clear Relationship ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Past ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Very High

Increasing development is historically associated with fertility declines. However, demographic paradigms disagree about whether that relationship should hold at very high levels of development. Using national-level data through 2005, Myrskylä, Kohler, and Billari (2009) found that very high levels of the Human Development Index (HDI) were associated with increasing total fertility rates (TFR). This paper updates that finding with data up to 2017. It investigates whether the observed association has continued to hold for the countries originally studied and whether it holds for countries that have more recently reached very high HDI. For countries that reached HDI ≥ 0.8 in 2000 or before (n=27), the data indicate no clear relationship between changes in HDI and TFR at HDI ≥ 0.8. There is also no clear relationship for countries that reached HDI ≥ 0.8 between 2001 and 2010 (n=13). For countries that reached HDI ≥ 0.8 in 2000 or before, there appear to have been notable increases in TFR between 2000 and 2010, but those gains appear to have completely reversed between 2010 and 2017. The past finding of TFR increases at very high levels of development has not borne out in recent years. In fact, TFRs declined markedly in very high development countries between 2010 and 2017. This paper contributes to the debate over the relationship between development and fertility. That debate has an important bearing on how low fertility is conceived by social scientists and policymakers.

scholarly journals Effect of postharvest handling practices on phytochemical concentrations and bioactive potential in wild blueberry fruit

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally J. Gustafson ◽  
Gad G. Yousef ◽  
Michael A. Grusak ◽  
Mary Ann Lila
Keyword(s):  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Bioactive Potential ◽  
Wild Blueberry

scholarly journals Postharvest Handling Practices and Perception of Potato Safety among Potato Traders in Nairobi, Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Consolata Nolega Musita ◽  
Michael Wandayi Okoth ◽  
George Ooko Abong’
Keyword(s):  
Storage Period ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Consumer Health ◽  
Extreme Temperatures ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
And Storage

Postharvest handling of the potato is an important factor not only in preventing postharvest losses but also in maintaining its safety and nutritional quality. Exposure of the potato to unfavorable conditions such as light, extreme temperatures, and bruising can result in accumulation of glycoalkaloids, which are toxic substances. This study was a cross-sectional survey which aimed to investigate the postharvest handling practices of potatoes and perception of potato safety among open air market traders in Nairobi County, Kenya. Information was collected from 100 potato traders using a semistructured questionnaire that assessed postharvest handling practices such as potato transportation, exposure to sunlight, and storage. Results indicated that most of the potatoes (88%) took one day to be transported to the market, with the storage period at the market ranging from 2 to 3 days for most traders (42%). Forty-seven percent (47%) of the vehicles and hand-pulled carts used to transport potatoes had open backs, while 53% had closed backs. Over half (69%) of the potatoes in the markets were directly exposed to sunlight, with 75% of the traders leaving their potatoes in the open covered with a polythene bag after the day’s activities. Greening, sprouting, or bruised potatoes were mostly sold as seed, sold to restaurants and French fries vendors, or sold to consumers at a lower price. More than half of the traders did not think that consumption of greened potatoes is harmful to health. The results clearly show that there is poor handling of the potatoes by the traders which increases the risk of consumer exposure to glycoalkaloids. There is, therefore, a need to create awareness among traders on appropriate postharvest handling of potatoes to protect consumer health and reduce economic losses as well.

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