Postharvest loss reduction throughout commodity value chains is an important pathway to food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, lack of understanding of the location and share of the losses and associated factors along the postharvest value chains remains a major challenge to ...
Shee, Apurba
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Mayanja, S.
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Simba, E.
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Stathers, T.
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Bechoff, Aurélie
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Bennett, B.
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[Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: an ordered probit analysis]
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Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: an ordered probit analysis
BACKGROUND: Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) can be used to tackle vitamin A deficiency, a major public health problem in most developing countries. In East Africa, common ways of using sweetpotato include drying and subsequent storage. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of dryin...
Bechoff, Aurélie
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Westby, Andrew
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Owori, C
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Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie
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Menya, G
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Dufour, D.L.
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Tomlins, Keith I.
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[Effect of drying and storage on the degradation of carotenoids in orange-fleshed sweetpotato cultivars]
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Effect of drying and storage on the degradation of carotenoids in orange-fleshed sweetpotato cultivars
Different drying treatments, cross flow, greenhouse solar, and open-air sun, were applied
to an American orange-fleshed sweetpotato variety. Trans-?-carotene losses in flour made from
dried chips varied between 16 and 34% in all treatments. Hot air cross flow drying retained
significantly more pr...
Bechoff, Aurélie
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Dufour, D.L.
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Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie
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Marouze, C
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Reynes, M
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Westby, Andrew
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[Effect of hot air, solar and sun drying treatments on protavitamin A retention in orange-fleshed sweetpotato]
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Effect of hot air, solar and sun drying treatments on protavitamin A retention in orange-fleshed sweetpotato