Abstract:
About one decade the world has been experiencing high prices of foodstuffs resulting from food shortage.
Several factors have been repeatedly related to the source of such catastrophe. However, despite its long chain
from farm to fork, postharvest losses (PHL) have been an often-forgotten factor. PHL has negative impacts to
all individual stakeholders and governments from nutritional, monetary, economical, quality and quantity
losses of farm produce. Approximately 30 to 50 percent of all food produced worldwide is lost before being
consumed. Although most of the solutions to PHL are relatively simple, still, they are slowly adopted by
respective countries and individual stakeholders due to weak focus on the problem. Post-harvest management
system encompasses various activities from time of harvesting until the produce is consumed. It requires both
financial and technical dedications respectively for best outcomes. To reduced and/or avoided PHL
collaborative stakeholders’ efforts led by respective governments is a must. We need systematic storages with
adequate capacity and all allied facilities in rural areas for storing and processing farm produce while
imparting relevant skills on crop harvest timing, cleaning and drying to small and medium stakeholders for
value additional and prospered agribusiness.
