Nutritional benefits of improved post-harvest handling practices for maize and common beans in Northern Tanzania: a quantitative farm-level assessment

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpMaizeen
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierAhmed Amri: 0000-0003-0997-0276en
cg.creator.identifierAdebayo Abass: 0000-0003-1376-3608en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2021.101918en
cg.identifier.iitathemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESSen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0022-474Xen
cg.issue101918en
cg.journalJournal of Stored Products Researchen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaAGRIBUSINESSen
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMYen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaMAIZEen
cg.subject.iitaNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDINGen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.iitaPOST-HARVESTING TECHNOLOGYen
cg.subject.iitaSOCIOECONOMYen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume95en
dc.contributor.authorMutungi, C.en
dc.contributor.authorTungu, J.en
dc.contributor.authorAmri, A.en
dc.contributor.authorGaspar, A.en
dc.contributor.authorAbass, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-05T08:29:16Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-05T08:29:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/126589
dc.titleNutritional benefits of improved post-harvest handling practices for maize and common beans in Northern Tanzania: a quantitative farm-level assessmenten
dcterms.abstractThe efficacy of improved post-harvest practices for reducing food losses is often reported, but the nutritional benefits remain much less expounded. Meanwhile, nutrient concentration changes during the post-harvest period can influence potential nutrition gains targeted to benefit households. We analyzed contents of selected nutrients in farmers’ maize and common bean stocks under ordinary and improved practices at different post-harvest stages and related them to the physical quality. The improved practices comprised drying on tarpaulins, improved threshing, cleaning, and air-tight storage. By calibrating the actual nutrient contents against losses data, we estimated nutrient abundance levels and applied household farm production and nutrient demand data to estimate potential nutritional gains. Post-harvest stage (S), practice (P), and the S*P interaction significantly influenced physical quality, actual nutrient contents, and nutrient abundance. The actual contents of most nutrients increased or decreased monotonically with grain damage. For maize, improved practices begot more calories (4.7%), protein (13.9%), and minerals (4–26%) at the mid stage of the post-harvest season and even more calories (40%), protein (34%), and minerals (2–105%) at the late stage. The gains were lower for beans–calories 6.5%, protein 8.7%, minerals 1–55%. Dry matter loss and nutrient enrichment effects were responsible for variable nutrient concentrations in the maize and beans. The dry matter loss effect mainly influenced macronutrient abundance levels, especially in maize, whereas the enrichment effect mainly influenced minerals abundance with stronger influence on the beans than maize. Nutrients redeemed by improved practices at the late stage corresponded to 16–55 more days of calories and protein sufficiency for households, and significant extra days of minerals sufficiency, including Zn (16–56), Cu (23–81), Mg (45–166), and K (7–26). The gains have relevance for nutritionally-challenged households.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-12-24en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMutungi, C., Tungu, J., Amri, A., Gaspar, A. & Abass, A. (2022). Nutritional benefits of improved post-harvest handling practices for maize and common beans in northern Tanzania: a quantitative farm-level assessment. Journal of Stored Products Research, 95: 101918, 1-21.en
dcterms.extent1-21en
dcterms.issued2022-01en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectcaloriesen
dcterms.subjectproteinen
dcterms.subjectmicronutrientsen
dcterms.subjectfood productionen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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