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Post-Harvest Losses of Rice in Nigeria and their Ecological Footprint
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| Author
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Oguntade, A. E., Thylmann, D. and Deimling, S.
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| Editor or Organisation
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GIZ
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| Year
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2014
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| Keywords
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Food Losses, Post-Harvest Losses, Value Chain, Life Cycle Asessment, Rice, Nigeria, Ecological Footprint, Case Study
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| Country
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Nigeria
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| Type
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publication
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| Language
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English
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| Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1 Definition of Food Lossess
2.2 Data Collection on Food Losses
2.3 Environmental Footprint
3. Description of the Rice value chain
3.1 Production
4. Results
4.1 Quantitative and Economic Losses
4.2 Environmental Impact of the Final Product
4.3 Environmental Impact of Final Product - Value based
4.4 Environmental Impact of Total Losses
5 Recommendations - Options for reducing Food Losses and their Environmental Footprint
5.1 Future Best Scenario – Potential Reduction of Environmental Impacts
after the CARI Intervention
5.2 The Reduction Potential of Using Improved Stoves for Parboiling
5.3 Comparison of Environmental Impact of Domestic Rice Supply in Nigeria and Imports(Screening Assessment)
6 Environmental Footprint of Food Losses in Nigeria - Putting it into Perspective
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| Permission
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Yes
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