Postharvest Losses and their Determinants: A Challenge to Creating a Sustainable Cooking Banana Value Chain in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorKikulwe, Enoch Mutebi
dc.contributor.authorOkurut, Stanslus
dc.contributor.authorAjambo, Susan
dc.contributor.authorNowakunda, Kephas
dc.contributor.authorStoian, Dietmar
dc.contributor.authorNaziri, Diego
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-14T09:44:18Z
dc.date.available2023-09-14T09:44:18Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPostharvest losses (PHL) result in direct food and income losses to farmers and consumers globally. PHL reduction strategies offer unique opportunities to contribute to sustainable food systems for increased food security and farm incomes for more than 200 million food insecure people in sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of empirical information remains a major challenge to operationalization of PHL reduction strategies in many countries of the region. This paper utilizes cross-sectional data to determine the extent and factors that are influencing postharvest losses in the cooking-banana value chain in Uganda. We find that 14.9% of all the cooking bananas that are produced in Uganda suffer postharvest deterioration along the value chain (7.2% of the bananas deteriorate completely and have no residual value, while 7.7% deteriorate partially and are sold at discounted prices), mostly affecting retailers. At farm level, female headed households experience more losses than those headed by males. Household headship, household size, proportion of land allocated to banana production, and monthly banana production are the principal determinants of PHL at farm level. At retail level, such losses are mainly determined by sex of the vendor and group membership. The findings call for comprehensive and gender-responsive PHL reduction strategies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKikulwe, E. M., Okurut, S., Ajambo, S., Nowakunda, K., Stoian, D., & Naziri, D. (2018). Postharvest losses and their determinants: A challenge to creating a sustainable cooking banana value chain in Uganda. Sustainability, 10(7), 2381.https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072381en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9222
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectCooking bananaen_US
dc.subjectValue chainen_US
dc.subjectEconomic postharvest lossesen_US
dc.subjectPhysical postharvest lossesen_US
dc.titlePostharvest Losses and their Determinants: A Challenge to Creating a Sustainable Cooking Banana Value Chain in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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