Global programs / SIATSA
Postharvest food loss, intertwined with the overall marketing and distribution systems, is a serious problem in the eastern Caribbean. This report, based on visits to St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Barbados, explores the determinants of crop loss in the context of the larger marketing and distribution systems and identifies interventions with potentially broad economic impact. While the authors state that precise figures for losses are neither possible nor presently necessary, estimates range from 10% for some durable crops to 60% for more perishable crops. The major cause of crop loss is overproduction which leads to periodic gluts. Overproduction results primarily from ignorance of market demand due to the absence of agricultural and market information and an inefficient marketing system. Other causes of crop loss include the fact that premium prices are not paid for quality products; the unavailability of appropriate and economical technology for reducing on-farm and postharvest losses; the limited use of packing materials designed to minimize loss; unreliable inter-island shipping; inadequate or nonexistant storage and handling facilities; rough and multiple crop handl
Source: DEC abstract, PN-AAK-114 (1981). The source's own text.
Operated in: Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines, Ecuador, Honduras, Caribbean, Guatemala, Latin America, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Grenada, Brazil, Eastern Caribbean, Paraguay, Burundi, Peru, Chile, Indonesia, Mali, Belize, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Jamaica, Yemen, United States, Russia, Bangladesh.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate.
Axis: years in documents. The start year comes from evaluation period; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
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Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
| Title | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of Federacion de Asociaciones de Productores y Exportadores Agropecuarios de Honduras (FEPROEXAH) | 1985 | Evaluation-type document |
| Postharvest Institute for Perishables : operational evaluation of the Russian Potato Concern | 1994 | Evaluation-type document |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Idaho. College of Agriculture. Postharvest Institute for Perishables | implementer | 1981 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 44 sources |
| Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) | implementer | 1982 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 8 sources |
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Scope: global. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.95.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AID/DSAN-CA-0265 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1981 to 1985 | Stated in a document |
| implementer |
| 1991 |
| Stated in a document |
| 2 sources |
| University of Idaho | implementer | 1983 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Agri-Food Systems International, Inc. | implementer | 1982 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Visayas State College of Agriculture. Root Crop Research and Training Center | implementer | 1984 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| International Potato Center (CIP) | implementer | 1982 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Mahaweli Economic Agency | implementer | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahaweli Engineering and Construction Agency | implementer | 1992 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka. Ministry of Mahaweli Development | lead ministry | 1990 to 1993 | Likely, not confirmed | 7 sources |
| Nicaragua. Ministry of Industry. Laboratory of Food Technology | lead ministry | 1982 | Likely, not confirmed | 1 source |
| Thailand. Ministry of Agriculture | lead ministry | 1983 | Likely, not confirmed | 1 source |
| Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute. Potato Research Center | implementing agency | 1982 | Likely, not confirmed | 1 source |
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: region or province; squares are facilities.
| 27 sources |
| DAN-1323-A-5093 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1986 to 1994 | Stated in a document | 13 sources |
| DAN-1323-A-0256 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1985 to 1987 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| 520-0381-O-1212 (task order, fiscal year not recorded) | 1991 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| CCN-0006-A-3007 (cooperative agreement, fiscal year not recorded) | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Science and Technology. Ofc. of Agriculture | 1982 to 1988 | Stated in a document | 30 sources |
| Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka | 1990 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| Mahaweli Economic Agency | 1990 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| Mahaweli Engineering and Construction Agency | 1990 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 6 sources |
| U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Ofc. of International Cooperation and Development. International Training Div. | 1982 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Honduran Federation of Agricultural Producers and Exporters | 1985 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1990 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 7 sources |
| Thailand | 1982 to 1987 | Stated in a document | 5 sources |
| Honduras | 1983 to 1985 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Guatemala | 1984 to 1991 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Costa Rica | 1984 to 1987 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Ecuador | 1983 to 1984 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Nicaragua | 1981 to 1982 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Panama | 1984 to 1986 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Philippines | 1984 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Belize | 1984 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Burundi | 1984 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Grenada | 1986 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Jamaica | 1986 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Mali | 1984 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Pakistan | 1982 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Paraguay | 1982 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Peru | 1984 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Yemen | 1983 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Bangladesh | 1982 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Russia | 1994 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Agriculture: agribusiness, processing, marketing, agricultural finance 32%; Agriculture: crop production, inputs, pests, irrigation 31%; Agriculture: research, extension, training, technology 12%
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