Missing food : the case of postharvest grain losses in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)

Rising and increasingly volatile food prices spiking for the second time in three years combined with heightened uncertainty about future prospects for food availabilities, are raising alarm about food security, particularly in low-income, food-deficit countries, most located in sub-Saharan Africa. And, after a decade of neglect, the world is once again reminded that the crisis is not only the result of production failures, but of losses and waste...

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Morgan,Nancy Ruth;

Larson,Gunnar;
Document Date
2011/05/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
64930
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2011/10/13
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Missing food : the case of postharvest grain losses in Sub-Saharan Africa
Keywords
Postharvest Losses

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Morgan,Nancy Ruth; Larson,Gunnar.

Missing food : the case of postharvest grain losses in Sub-Saharan Africa (English). Agricultural and Rural Development notes ; no. 56 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820211468005693818

Missing food : the case of postharvest grain losses in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)

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