Postharvest handling and technologies for livestock products

Delia Grace

Program Leader Animal and Human Health, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya

The 1st All Africa Postharvest Congress

30 March 2017

Nairobi, Kenya

ILRI/Stevie Mann

Animal source foods: 5 of 6 highest value global commodities (total value of these five: over US Int $ 700 billion)

FAOSTAT 2015(values for 2013)

Cow milk

Rice, paddy

Indig. Pig meat

Indig. Cattle meat

Indig. Chicken meat

farmed food fishwheat

soybeansmaize

sugar cane

tomatoes0

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net production value (Int $) billion production (MT)

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Cattle meat$171 billion

Gains in meat consumption in developingcountries are outpacing those of developed

1980 1990 2002 2015 2030 20500

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SSA - 20003%

3%

4%

47%16%

3%

24%Meat

Dairy

Fruit & Vegetables

Cereals

Roots & Tubers

Dryland crops

Others

Source: Herrero et al 2008

Africa: 1billion consumers: high potential to consume more livestock products

Europe - 2000

10%

11%

5%

31%5%

1%

37%

Meat

Dairy

Fruit & Vegetables

Cereals

Roots & Tubers

Dryland crops

Others

Europe: ASF 21% of dietSS Africa: ASF 6% of diet

Diet composition

Diet composition

By 2050: 2 billion consumers

Characteristics Benefits

No effective health and safety regulations;

Many actors;Pay no tax;

Traditional processing& retail practices;

Poor infrastructure;Little support from public

sector or NGO.

Cheap;Fresh;

Local breeds;Taste;

Trust vendors;Credit.

INFO

RMAL

MARKETS

More than 80% of perishables bought from informal markets

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Milk (cow)Production: men (x Nairobi)

Processing: womenMarketing: women (x Abidjan)

Consumed: both

PoultryProduction: womenProcessing: womenMarketing: women

Consumed: both

Milk (goat)Production: men (w milk)

Processing: womenMarketing: women

Consumed: both

Beef/goatProduction: men (w assist)

Processing: mMarketing: m (butcher, pub)

Consumed: both

PigsProduction: women

Processing: menMarketing: menConsumed: both

Fish, crabsFishing: men

Processing: womenMarketing: women)

Consumed: both

Role of women in post-harvest activities

Increasing concerns over food safety

Jabar et al, Lapar et al

In 7 developing countries studied• Many/most reported concern over food

safety (40-97%)

• Willing to pay 5-10% premium for food safety

• Younger, wealthier, town-residing, supermarket-shoppers willing to pay more for safety

• Buy 20-40% less during animal health scares

Foods implicated in FBD

Painter et al., 2013, Sudershan et al., 2014, Mangan et al., 2014; Tam et al., 2014; Sang et al., 2014 ; ILRI, 2016

UK

Netherlands

India

Vietnam

USA

China

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Animal source foodProduceOther

Post-harvest solutions

Add value

Create trust

Reduce waste

Create employment for women & youth

Treated nets: reduce disease

Dairy value chain in Assam

• Concerns about milk quality in Assam• Training to promote knowledge and

hygiene amongst producers and traders

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2009

20122009-2011

Capacity-building, awareness, incentives

Training on hygienic milk production and handlingAlong the dairy value chain: producer, traderMedia and information campaignsPeer to peer monitoring & evaluation Incentive: good publicity & membership dairy platform

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• Better knowledge & practices.

• Less mastitis

• Higher revenues

• Greater consumeer trust in milk

• 70% of traders in Assam are currently registered

• It benefited the economy by $6 million a year in Assam

• 1.5 million consumers benefiting from safer milk

Improvements are feasible, efffective,affordable

• Branding & certification of milk vendors in Kenya: led to improved milk safety & saved economy $33 million

• Peer training, branding, innovation for Nigerian butchers led to 20% more meat samples meeting standards and cost $9 per butcher but resulted in savings $780/per butcher per year from reduced COI 14

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