Social Sustainability
Post-Harvest Handling
The storage, transport, processing and distribution of crops after harvest — the stage where much of the world's food loss occurs.
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Post-harvest handling covers all operations between harvest and consumption or primary processing: drying, threshing, storage, cooling, transport and packaging. Inadequate post-harvest systems are a principal cause of food loss — the FAO estimates around 14% of food is lost between harvest and retail — through spoilage, pests, mycotoxin contamination and damage.
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