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National Post-harvest Management Strategy (NPHMS) 2019 - 2029.

Country/Territory
Tanzania, Un. Rep. of
Document type
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Crops/grasses Cereals/grains/rice Oleaginous plants Climate change Capacity building Agricultural development Food waste Research Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Transport/storage Food security Nutrition Oils/oilseeds/fats Fruits/edible nuts Vegetables/legumes
Geographical area
Africa, AFRICA FAO, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries
Entry into force notes
2019 - 2029.
Abstract

This National Post-harvest Management Strategy is a 10-year cross-sectoral document aiming at providing significant interventions that will reduce post-harvest losses and potentially offset the food deficit and achieve national food needs. The NPHMS focuses on food crops particularly cereals, legumes, fruits and vegetables, roots and tubers and edible oil crops. To achieve the goal, a number of strategic objectives have been set as follows (i) facilitate awareness on PHM to improve efficiency and reduce crop losses along the value chain; (ii) promote availability, accessibility, affordability and adoption of tested technologies and processes to reduce PHL; (iii) facilitate agricultural marketing systems to improve market access; (iv) promote research and innovations of new and appropriate technologies and methods to reduce crop losses; (v) review and put in place new legislation to ensure compliance with standards and adoption of practices to minimize PHL; (vi) strengthen institutional capacity, coordination, partnerships and stakeholders’ participation of PHM actors to enhance implementation of strategic interventions; (vii) adapt PHM systems to mitigate the effects of climate change; (viii) addressing inadequacy in PHM financing; (ix) develop a standard methodology for collecting data and estimating PHL in a country. In addition, it is necessary halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels.

Full text
English
Website
www.kilimo.go.tz

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Post-harvest Management Strategy Implementation Plan 2019–2024.

Legislation | Tanzania, Un. Rep. of | 2019

Keyword: Monitoring, Crops/grasses, Research, Education, Climate change, Disasters, Food security, Food waste, Pesticides

Source: FAO, FAOLEX