3.10 Post harvest loss (original) (raw)
In the FABLE Calculator, post-harvest loss is applied as a share of crop and livestock products availability i.e. production plus imports plus stock withdrawals. This share can change over time, depending on the selected post-harvest-loss scenario. Following the FAO definition, losses occurring before and during harvest are excluded, quantities lost during the transformation of primary commodities into processed products are taken into account in the assessment of respective extraction/conversion rates, and waste from both edible and inedible parts of the commodity occurring in the household is included in food waste (cf. Food waste).
Post-harvest losses mostly include losses during storage and transportation. By default, two scenarios are defined: No change and Reduced. No change uses historical data and keeps this share constant for all time steps. Reduced defines relative reduction targets of the shares of post-harvest-loss by 2050, independently for crop and livestock products. Depending on the defined implementation rate, this reduction target is translated into partial reduction levels for each time step.
Table 13. List of tables related to post-harvest loss scenarios
