Farmers’ Perceptions of Rice Postharvest Losses in Eastern Uganda

Ssebaggala, Godfrey L; Kibwika, Paul; Kyazze, Florence Birungi; Karubanga, Gabriel

doi:10.4314/jae.v21i2.3

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“…A large family could reduce the drudgery involved in harvesting activities and thus reduce harvest losses [89]. Manual harvesting is highly labor-intensive and tedious [90]. If there is not enough labor or access to proper harvesting machinery, the mature rice cannot be harvested in time, causing massive losses [7,39,49,54,87].…”

Section: Causes Of Harvest Lossmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Losses in the Rice Harvest Process: A Review

Xue

Kojima

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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We review existing studies on rice harvest loss from the aspects of estimation methods, magnitudes, causes, effects, and interventions. The harvest losses examined occurred from the field reaping to storage processes, including threshing, winnowing, and field transportation. We find that existing studies on rice harvest losses have focused on quantitative losses in Asia and Africa. Lack of knowledge, inadequate harvesting techniques, poor infrastructure, and inefficient harvest management practices are considered critical contributors to the losses. The magnitudes and causes of rice harvest losses are now better understood than interventions, which have simply been presented but lack an assessment of the effects and a cost–benefit analysis. Interestingly, reduction in harvest losses may threaten some farmers’ profits, such as rural women who make their living from post-production manual operations. Considering the current status of the literature, future researchers should examine how to balance social and individual welfare since farmers are key stakeholders in intervention implementation. A good understanding of the existing researches can help clarify future efforts for loss reduction, thereby reducing the burden of increasing agricultural production and promoting sustainable development of resources and the environment.

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Section: Causes Of Harvest Lossmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The most straightforward impact of rice harvest losses is a reduction in the amount of edible rice, resulting in economic losses and threatening poor people's livelihoods, especially in less-developed countries [54,90,92]. Farmers believe rice harvest losses threaten their food security and thus lead to poverty [47].…”

Section: Impact Of Harvest Lossmentioning

confidence: 99%