Managerial factors affecting post-harvest loss: the case of Mato Grosso Brazil
Managerial factors affecting post-harvest loss: the case of Mato Grosso Brazil
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影响采后损失的管理因素：巴西马托格罗索州的案例
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2014
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A. D. Moura
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A. Martins;P. Goldsmith;A. D. Moura
粮食需求的增加和粮食价格的上涨使得减少粮食损失和浪费成为人们高度关注的话题。存在一个基本问题：为什么管理者会允许损失？不幸的是，由于缺乏研究，农场经理的角色以及对收获和收获后损失 (PHL) 的理解并没有得到很好的理解。我们认为，如果要实现有效的损失减少水平，政策制定者和设备制造商需要了解减少粮食损失如何解决农场管理者的“问题”。我们在巴西马托格罗索州进行了半结构化访谈和全州在线调查，以更好地了解管理在收获和收获后损失中的作用。调查结果：有助于填补有关收获后损失管理部分的重要知识空白；为在世界快速发展的热带地区经营大型现代化企业的农民的损失管理提供见解；并展示并解释降低当前 PHL 水平的微弱动机。
Increasing demand for food and rising grain prices makes grain loss and waste reduction a topic of great concern. A fundamental question exists: why would a manager permit losses? Unfortunately, the farm manager’s role and understanding of harvest and post-harvest loss (PHL) are not well understood due to a lack of research. We argue that that policy makers and equipment manufacturers need to understand how grain loss reduction fits into the farm manager’s ‘problem’, if efficient levels of loss reduction are to occur. We conduct semi structured interviews and a statewide online survey in Mato Grosso, Brazil to better understand the role of management in harvest and post-harvest loss. The survey results: help fill the important knowledge gap about the managerial component of post-harvest loss; provide insights into loss management among farmers running large modern operations in the fast growing tropical regions of the world; and show and explain the weak motivation to reduce current levels of PHL.