Water-energy nexus and climate change in Southern Africa : towards a modelling framework as a policy and planning tool
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2012
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Mitigating food losses that occur between harvesting and consumption offers the single biggest opportunity for contributing to hunger alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. This systematic review of literature establishes magnitudes of PH losses in Tanzania, and identifies innovations that were promoted or evaluated to mitigate those losses. Events of PH losses occur in the post-production chain during harvesting, where edible produce is left in the field; transport and distribution, including handling practices and inferior transport infrastructure; storage; processing; and commercialization, where poor market infrastructure causes both physical and economic losses. Annual value of postharvest (PH) losses for grains alone exceeds USD 4 billion.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY, WATER MANAGEMENT, NEXUS, CAPACITY BUILDING