Unpacking postharvest losses in sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis

World Development

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-68

  Affognon, Hippolyte ^a   Mutungi, Christopher ^a,b   Sanginga, Pascal ^c   Borgemeister, Christian ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovations; Losses; Postharvest; Sub Saharan Africa; Value chains

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INNOVATION; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; FOOD PRODUCTION; HARVESTING;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84906739414     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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