scholarly journals Systems Engineering Approach to Food Loss Reduction in Norwegian Farmed Salmon Post-Harvest Processing

Systems ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Abualtaher ◽  
Eirin Skjøndal Bar
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Loss Reduction ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Farmed Salmon ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Behavioral Dynamics

The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development set the target of halving per capita global food waste and reducing food losses, including post-harvest losses. Food loss is a significant global challenge rising from the decrease in food quantities available for human consumption because of decisions and actions taken by food manufacturers and suppliers before it even reaches the retail market. Food loss within the Norwegian farmed salmon post-harvest processing system could be reduced by making change in the system’s behavior. This study, by following systems engineering principles, aimed to develop insight into the salmon post-harvest processing system’s behavioral dynamics causing current food loss and to consider conceptual keys to solutions. This study tied the food loss problem to systemic behavior of byproducts downgrading to non-food uses as the major cause. The decisions made on the materials flow are based on product design, quality control, and environmental solutions. Making a decision to conserve byproduct materials by prioritizing keeping them within the human food chain requires supportive data on their true potential as a food source. The system’s information pool that decision makers rely on can be fortified with the system’s engineering multidisciplinary outcomes that will enable the necessary paradigm shift to achieve the quested food loss reduction.

scholarly journals Impacts of Food Loss on the Cost of Cultivation: A Study on Agriculture Commodities of India

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-85
Author(s):  
Sumit Sutradhar
Keyword(s):  
Human Consumption ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Food Grains ◽  
The World ◽  
Price Hike ◽  
Large Production ◽  
Simple Regression Analysis ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Marketing Chain

India is the respectable producer of most of the food grains in the world despite such a large production we are the 102nd rank in global hunger index 2019 and one of the most starving nations of the world. For a country like India production is not a problem anymore but the food available for human consumption is the problem as there is a huge amount of food loss in the marketing chain  [1,2,3]. India losses a large amount of its production in post-harvest activities due to under established supply chains and poor infrastructure. So, this paper studies the effect of post-harvest losses on the cost of food production in the long-terms both empirically (Simple regression analysis) and theoretically (law of Scarcity by Lionel Robbins) from 1997 to 2017 and unravels that they are positively correlated i.e., post-harvest losses are one of major determining factor for actual price hike in the cost of cultivation of major agriculture commodities in India.

Determining sustainability key performance indicators for food loss reduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 733-745
Author(s):  
Qais Raja AL-Dalaeen ◽  
Uthayasankar Sivarajah ◽  
Zahir Irani
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Loss Reduction ◽  
Food Loss

scholarly journals Environmental Profile of the Swiss Supply Chain for French Fries: Effects of Food Loss Reduction, Loss Treatments and Process Modifications

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrik Mouron ◽  
Christian Willersinn ◽  
Sabrina Möbius ◽  
Jens Lansche
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
French Fries ◽  
Loss Reduction ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Environmental Profile

scholarly journals Kebijakan Penyediaan Teknologi Pascapanen Kopi dan Masalah Pengembangannya

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henny Mayrowani
Keyword(s):  
Yield Loss ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Standard Operating Procedure ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Loss Reduction ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Agricultural Mechanization ◽  
Coffee Beans ◽  
Technology Dissemination ◽  
Research Institute

<p><strong>English</strong><br />Post-harvest technology plays an important role in increasing value added of agricultural commodities. Postharvest technology makes farming more efficient and increase production through yield loss reduction and improved product quality. Coffee production rapidly develops and it needs support of technology and post-harvest facilities suitable to the farmers that they are able to produce the highest quality coffee beans such as required by Indonesian National Standard (SNI). It will also make the small farmers get profitable farm-gate price. The Indonesian Coffee and Cacao Research Institute and the Research Institute for Agricultural Mechanization  provide the technology from upstream to downstream activities used as the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) starting from harvesting, sorting, processing, storage, and processing.  Some problems found in coffee post-harvest activities are farmers’ empowerment, technology availability, farmers’ capital, and price incentive.  Technology dissemination is crucial as well as affordable prices of post-harvest machineries to the farmers and partnership between farmers, processors, and exporters.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Teknologi pascapanen mempunyai peranan penting dalam peningkatan nilai tambah komoditas pertanian melalui proses pengolahan hasil pertanian.  Penerapan teknologi pascapanen secara baik membuat usahatani menjadi lebih efisien dari sisi mikro dan dapat merupakan peluang peningkatan produksi dengan mengurangi tingkat kehilangan hasil pada saat panen maupun rendahnya mutu hasil. Perkembangan produksi kopi yang cukup pesat saat ini perlu di dukung dengan kesiapan teknologi dan sarana pascapanen yang cocok untuk kondisi petani agar mereka mampu menghasilkan biji kopi dengan mutu seperti yang dipersyaratkan oleh Standard Nasional Indonesia (SNI),  dan dipasarkan pada tingkat harga yang lebih menguntungkan.  Dalam hal penyediaan teknologi pascapanen, Pusat Penelitian Koka Indonesia dan BBP Mektan sudah mampu menyediakan teknologi tersebut dari kegiatan hulu sampai kegiatan hilir dan digunakan sebagai Standar Operasional Prosedur (SOP), dimulai dari cara panen, sortasi, pengolahan, penyimpanan dan penciptaan atau perekayasaan alat-alat dan mesin pascapanen kopi. Namun masih terdapat berbagai masalah dalam pengembangannya antara lain adalah kelembagaan terutama untuk pemberdayaan kelompok tani dalam pengembangan teknologi pascapanen, “ketidaktahuan” petani tentang teknologi yang telah tersedia dan ketersediaan modal petani, relatif mahalnya peralatan tersebut, tidak adanya insentif harga bagi produk yang mendapat penanganan pascapanen. Karena itu, diseminasi teknologi, upaya pengembangan alat dan mesin pascapanen yang terjangkau harganya oleh petani serta kemitraan antara petani sebagai produsen dengan pengolah (prosesor) dan pedagang (eksportir) untuk memperoleh jaminan pasar, perlu dikembangkan.</p>

scholarly journals Post-Harvest Loss and Grain Storage Technology- A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Bayode Julius Olorunfemi ◽  
Sunday Emmanuel Kayode
Keyword(s):  
Insect Pests ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Grain Storage ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Storage Technology ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Post Harvest Loss

The aim of this write up is to explore technological developments in the area of post-harvest grain storage techniques. Post-harvest losses occur between harvest and the moment of human consumption. They include on-farm losses, such as when grain is threshed, winnowed, and dried, as well as losses along the chain during transportation, storage, and processing. Use of traditional grain storage facilities such as cribs, improved rhombus, and brick bins are ineffective against mold and insects already present in the grain before storage. While plastic bins reduce insect pests’ infestation, Purdue Improved crop storage bags and wooden silo were proved to be a viable management tool for preventing aflatoxin accumulation in storage and moisture migration. The metal silo still remains an effective grain storage technology for reducing post-harvest insect and pathogen losses if the challenges of moisture and temperature can be adequately managed. An effective grain storage technology would be the ones that can sustain quality of grain stored for a long period (≥5 years), durable, cost-effective, and be managed scientifically, possibly by computer-aided grain management system.

scholarly journals Risk Management of Dairy Product Losses as a Tool to Improve the Environment and Food Rescue

Foods ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilska ◽  
Kołożyn-Krajewska
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Dairy Product ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Food Loss ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Average Annual Production ◽  
Food Losses ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Missed Opportunity

“Food loss”, defined as food produced for human consumption, which for various reasons leaves the supply chain, can be assigned to a group of new risks. Irrational use of food constitutes a risk to the environment. Moreover, food losses represent a missed opportunity to improve global food security. The aim of this study was to develop a risk management model for dairy product losses using the example of ripening cheese. The necessary data to develop the model were derived from a survey that was conducted in five dairies located in Poland. Total losses for nine products amounted to 1.1% of the average annual production, which accounted for more than 5635 t per annum. The studies that were conducted allowed the identification of three management methods of food loss in dairies: reprocessing, hand over for feed, and disposal. The level of risk was defined as “high” with two suggested courses of action: prevention and tolerance. Risks must be prevented by eliminating any errors that may result in a product of inadequate quality. Another solution is to redistribute or sell products at a reduced price, which despite their reduced quality, are nevertheless suitable for consumption. To some extent, this risk must be tolerated.

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