Curbing Post Harvest Losses: The Plight of Onion Farmers in Nigeria

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May 4, 2019 - Balaraba Abubakar Sule<$authorEmail>

Balaraba Abubakar Sule, 2019. Curbing Post Harvest Losses: The Plight of Onion Farmers in Nigeria, Food Security Policy Research Brief 89, East Lansing: Michigan State University.

Key Findings

  • Improvement in storage facilities and transportation services is essential to reducing market glut and post-harvest losses.
  • Knowledge gap on essential post-harvest practices by farmers have been identified to accentuate losses.
  • The Rudu storage structure requires simple adjustments in its design to improve its efficiency.

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