Post Harvest Pitfalls Contribute to Food Waste in Africa
Multiple systemic issues factor into the problem of post-harvest food waste in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Agricultural waste plagues Sub-Saharan Africa, where several nations straddle the world’s largest desert with its arid winds, and the choking humidity of one of the globe’s largest rainforests. A dedicated cadre of specialists there have been battling the problem for decades, and simple technologies are helping them, but governments’ lack of funding, ineptitude, and recalcitrance continue to undermine their efforts.
“The future of development means putting post-harvest losses on the agenda, but f…
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