Post-Harvest Losses and Reduction Techniques in Crop Production: A Review

Post-Harvest Losses are fast becoming a major problem causing huge losses for farmers and various countries at large. This challenge has resulted in various attempts to reduce the losses as much as possible. Crop production is essential to life sustenance, hence post-harvest losses are undesirable as it results in a threat to life and a reduction in income for Farmers. This study reviews post-harvest losses, especially in developing countries that are mostly affected by the supply chain, post-harvest losses in vegetables, fruits, and cereals have also been studied. Measures and technologies that can be adapted to reduce post-harvest losses have been discussed in this study with the sole aim of ensuring a reduction in such losses. It is believed that when these various measures as discussed herein are applied, the incidence of post-harvest losses would be drastically reduced. This reduction could result in a wider profit margin for the masses.