Horticultural Post-Harvest Losses Quiz

Harvesting, packaging, transportation, and selling

Harvesting, handling, storage, processing, packaging, transportation, and marketing (correct)

Harvesting, cooking, distribution, and selling

Harvesting, processing, packaging, and transportation

They result in higher prices for consumers

They represent a waste of human effort, farm inputs, livelihoods, investments, and scarce resources (correct)

They lead to overproduction in the market

They cause a decrease in consumer demand

It is easy to track all losses throughout the value chain

In some cases, everything harvested by a farmer may end up being sold to consumers

Use of average loss figures is often misleading (correct)

There can be losses in quality, as measured by the price obtained and the nutritional value

<p>Factors affecting post-harvest losses, from the soil in which the crop is grown to the handling of produce when it reaches the shop</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When there is a price collapse and it would cost the farmer more to harvest and market the produce than to plough it back into the ground</p> Signup and view all the answers