Curbing Post Harvest Losses: The Plight of Onion Farmers in Nigeria

Balaraba Abubakar Sule

No 303594, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)

Abstract: Key Findings 1. Improvement in storage facilities and transportation services is essential to reducing market glut and post-harvest losses. 2. Knowledge gap on essential post-harvest practices by farmers have been identified to accentuate losses. 3. The Rudu storage structure requires simple adjustments in its design to improve its efficiency.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5
Date: 2019-05-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303594

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