IMPACTS OF PHL
Postharvest technologies can contribute to food security in
multiple ways. They can reduce PHL, thereby increasing the
amount of food available for consumption by farmers and
poor rural and urban consumers. For example, the control of
the LGB greatly reduced the loss of maize in on-farm storage
among smallholders in a number of African countries,
improving their food security (Golleti 2003). The benefits to
consumers from reducing losses include lower prices and
improved food security. In addition, post harvest activities
such as processing and marketing can create employment
(and thus income) and better food security in the agricultural