In Nigeria, nearly half the tomato harvest is lost before ever reaching consumers. Promoting the domestic cottage processing sector has the potential to significantly decrease post-harvest loss while also improving farmer livelihoods and increasing food security for vulnerable communities.
A recent blog post by The Rockefeller Foundation explains how TechnoServe has been helping to support farmers and other market actors in Kenya during the COVID-19 crisis.
TechnoServe and the Rockefeller Foundation partnered to reduce post-harvest loss in Kenya's mango crop through the YieldWise initiative. Following a post-project evaluation, TechnoServe's YieldWise Program Manager and Rockefeller Foundation's Associate Director for Africa discussed the project's most significant findings.
As farmers from South Asia to East Africa to Latin America can attest, there is a lot of know-how and hard work behind those sweet and juicy fruits.
Kenyan farmers and businesses are improving the mango value chain through sustainable post-harvest handling practices and technologies.
A new case study examines how TechnoServe and the Rockefeller Foundation are using a shared value approach to address post-harvest loss in Kenya's mango sector.
Reducing food loss can help to increase the amount of food that reaches market, helping to make the food system more sustainable. TechnoServe is working with The Rockefeller Foundation in Kenya to minimize food loss in the mango value chain.
