Postharvest losses in mango: the case of Pakistani Punjab.
Mushtaq K., Javed M. S., Bari A.
Author Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Postharvest Technology and Quality Management in Arid Tropics, Sultanate of Oman, 31 January-2 February, 2005 : 89-94
Abstract : This study has quantified the incidence of postharvest losses in mango fruit at production, marketing, processing, and consumption levels in Pakistani Punjab using survey level data. Total postharvest losses in the marketing channel of mango were 11.97 percent at farm level (producer/contractor level), 11.1 percents at market level (phariawala and retailer level) and 7.9 percent at consumption level. Experience, area, picking stage, picking technique, number of workers and training of workers had significant effect on post harvest losses of mango at farm level while education of producer/contractor, picking time, variety combination and average distance of farm to market had non significant effect on losses.