Case study: Minimizing Post-harvest Losses: Combining Management and Biology

Group-5, 3rd Semester

Food Quality and Safety
Outline of the study:

-Concept of post-harvest losses:

• What is post-harvest loss?
• Quantitative and qualitative food loss.
• Difference between food loss and food waste
• Post-harvest physiology and biochemistry

- Importance of minimizing food losses

• ensure food security and combat global hunger
• provide safe and nutritious food
• food availability
• environmental sustainability
• achieving sustainable food security (with data)
• raising income

- Impact of post-harvest losses

• total annual loss (with data)
• undernourished, nutritional deficiencies
• food security and livelihood

• Impact on cost-benefit analysis in supply chain/economic factors

- Causes of post-harvest losses

1. Harvesting
• Harvesting at improper maturity state
• Time of harvesting
• Weather conditions
• Improper harvesting techniques