Presented as part of the Side Event at CFS 41: "Collaboration-Led Waste Reduction: From Producer to Consumer". In Sweden, Government policy supporting collaborations intended to reduce food waste and production losses has been a great success. In part, due to the specific policy for Global Development (PGD) which supports the creation of platforms for knowledge exchange and multi-sectoral collaboration. This side event will present a number of examples of this policy-led collaboration from the Swedish context relating to the reduction of food waste and production losses throughout the whole food chain, on a global scale. http://www.siani.se/event/foodwaste_cfs41

1. siani.se
Collaboration-led Waste Reduction
from Consumer to Producer
Mathilda Åberg –Ministry of Rural Affairs
Ulrika Francke – Swedish Board for Agriculture
Katarina Eriksson – Tetra Laval
Maina Gakuru – We effect
Mats Åberg – Sida
Moderator : Madeleine Fogde SIANI
www.siani.se #sverigeivarlden

3. Food waste along the
value chain -
Post-harvest losses

4. We Effect
We Effect is a development
cooperation organisation that has
acted and worked with a long-term
approach since 1958 in order to
effect change.
Help to self-help is our guiding
principle – in 26 countries on four
continents.
Our mission
• To strengthen the capacity of
member-based, democratic
organizations to enable women
and men in poverty to improve
their living conditions, defend
their rights, and contribute to a
just society.

5. Our Focus Areas
• Rural Development
• Housing
• Gender equality
• Access to land
• Financial Services
• We work in partnership
with over 160 local
organisations around the
world

6. We Effect East Africa
Examples of value chains under
Rural Development
• Coffee
• Dairy
• Banana
Rural Development initiatives seeks
to reach out directly to 570,000
individual members through 16
farmer’s organization in Uganda,
Tanzania and Kenya.

7. Experience sharing on
food losses in:
•Banana Value Chain

8. Banana Value Chain
Banana production in Kenya
National Level –
from small scale
producers
Figures
Number of small
scale producers
390,000
Plantain banana
volume (ton/year)
781,000
Plantain banana
value (USD/year)
154 million
Dessert banana
volume (ton/year)
520,000
Dessert banana
value (USD/year)
117 million
Source: FAO (2014)

9. Quantitative and qualitative losses occurring in the plantain banana supply chain
Point in the
food supply
chain
Dessert banana Plantain banana
Quality
reduction (%)
% of
weighed
losses
Quality
reduction
(%)
% of
weighed
losses
Transportation 10
30 0
Ripening 20
Storage 10
wholesalers 5 3 10 0.2
Hawkers 3
Street vendors 3 30 1.8
Kiosks 1.6 20 2.5
Supermarkets 10 0.6 10 0.1
Total 11.2 4.6
Source: FAO (2014) Need to find out the extent farmer organizations are
contributing to food losses as holding/processing centers

10. The story of Saba Saba Agribusiness
Cooperative -Kenya
• Sabasaba Cooperative - Central Kenya
• Small cooperative of 129 Members (62 Male & 67
female)
• Registered in 2009
• Has been a We Effect Partner

11. The highest loss in a single day and for 4 farmers
BANANA LOSSES 0N 21ST OCTOBER
2013
KGS
Value
(Kshs) USD
BONIFAC
E KIBE 1,371 19,194 226
JOYCE
WAIRIMU
KABUGU
A 238 3,332 39
JULIUS
NJUGUNA
NJERU 594 8,316 98
SAMUEL
NGUGI
GICHUNG
WA 357 4,998 59
Total 2,560 35,840422

12. Food losses
• Post harvest handling-
Deterioration of quality

13. Food losses
• Banana rejected at bulking
centre due to poor quality.
• Farmer problem- Post
harvesting

14. Example: Major cause of
food losses
• Poor storage facilities- can
be like this for days as the
buyers come for the
bananas

15. Example: Major cause of
food losses
• Poor mode of transport
from farm gate to the
market

16. Food losses as a result of:
• Poor mode of transport by
both the farmer and
banana traders

17. Food losses
• Poor mode of transport by
buyers (banana traders)

18. Reducing food losses -We Effect Efforts

20. Promoting value addition
• We Effect effort
• Ensuring quality of final
products produced by
farmers

21. We Effect Efforts
Supporting
access to mark of
quality
i.e. KEBS

22. Reducing food losses
• Promoting value Addition-
Banana Ripening- using
appropriate technology
• i.e. Of natural Ethylene in
ripening of banana- use
of passion fruit
In a wooden ripening
chamber sealed with a
normal blanket &
polythene paper to
contain the heat.

23. Reducing food losses -We
Effect Efforts
• Promoting quality
production of banana,
bulking & joint marketing
through farmer owned
organizations

24. Thank you!
maina.gakuru@weeffect.org
www.weeffect.org

25. siani.se
Collaboration-led Waste Reduction
from Consumer to Producer
Mathilda Åberg –Ministry of Rural Affairs
Ulrika Francke – Swedish Board for Agriculture
Katarina Eriksson – Tetra Laval
Maina Gakuru – We effect
Mats Åberg – Sida
Moderator : Madeleine Fogde SIANI
www.siani.se #sverigeivarlden