One third of food is lost or wasted: how to help farmers cut post-harvest losses
By Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso, Senior Lecturer at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria and Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa, North-West University
Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Ass. Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; North-West University
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, Professor, North-West University
Olaniyi Fawole, Full Professor, SARChI Research Chair and Director of Postharvest and Agroprocessing Research Centre, University of Johannesburg
Agriculture in the global south remains under pressure to produce more food while responding to climate change and resource constraints. Policy responses have focused on increasing production. But what about post-harvest losses? Globally, about one-third of food is lost or wasted.
