Reducing On-Farm Food Losses
In the OIC Member Countries
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1) Please rate overall the level of total food losses for these food groups in your country,
where:
Rating scale
5 = very high (more than 50%)
4 = high (30 to 50%)
3 = moderate (10 to 30%)
2 = low (5 to 10%)
1 = very low (less than 5%)
TOTAL
LOSSES
Cereals Milk
and
Dairy
Fish
and
seafood
Fruit and
Vegetables
Meat and
Eggs
Oilseeds
and
pulses
Roots
and
Tubers
Level of
losses:
Rating from
1 to 5
2) What do you think are important causes or sources of food losses in your country for
each type of food?
(Many possible causes are listed from production through marketing: please mark one or
more of the boxes in each column with an X, marking as many as you like for each type of
food.) Skip any food groups with which you are unfamiliar regarding food losses (leave the
column blank).
Possible causes of food losses Cereals Milk
and
Dairy
Fish and
seafood
Fruit and
Vegetables
Meats
and
eggs
Oilseeds
and
pulses
Roots
and
Tubers
Poor information and planning
Lack of inputs (fertilizer, feed,
etc.)
Poor quality seeds, planting
material or fry
Pests on the farm (weeds, insects,
rodents)
Poor cultural practices (pruning,
fertilizing, Pesticide spraying)
Poor water management or
drought