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Author or Institution as Author
Heike Ostermann
Co-authors

Margret Will, Kerstin Hell

Date of publication
Edition or Version
1.00
Institution
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Special unit ‘One World – No Hunger’
Language
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Description/Abstract

An easily manageable methodology that provides hands-on strategic orientation to those developing realistic and realisable measures for sustainable food loss reduction. The methodology is designed to serve as a pre-screening for further in-depth-studies and to identify leverage points for reducing losses at the various value chain stages — from farming, through handling and processing, to retail trade.

Keywords
Food Security
Maize
Methods
Data Collection
Aflatoxin
Assessment
Risk
Loss Appraisal
Contact name (for further information)
Heike Ostermann, Margret Will, Kerstin Hell
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Contact institution (for further information)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Citation

Ostermann, H. & Will, M. & Hell, K. 2015. Rapid Loss Appraisal Tool (RLAT) - RLAT in practice: A toolbox for maize, Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn and Eschborn, Germany

CCARDESA Category

Funding Partners

4.61M

Beneficiaries Reached

97000

Farmers Trained

3720

Number of Value Chain Actors Accessing CSA

41300

Lead Farmers Supported