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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all the countries in the world, transforming lives and economies. Many governments imposed containment measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Those measures included various forms of restrictions on the movement of people, closures of businesses, and curtailment of public and private services. The virus containment measures lowered infection rates and pressure on health systems but also affected economic activity worldwide. ; PR ; IFPRI4; 1 Fostering Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Food Supply; 2 Promoting Healthy Diets and Nutrition for all; Feed the Future Initiative; ReSAKSS ; AFR

AbstractIn this paper, we try to understand what the main causes of food losses (FLs) are. Our results show that producers' education and experience and the number of years in which a producer has been involved in the production of a specific crop are significantly correlated with reduction in FL. Unfavorable climatic conditions, pests, and diseases, as well as limited knowledge and access to equipment, credit, and markets, are also challenges to increasing production of higher quality and therefore reasons for FL. Policies to reduce and prevent FL need to be targeted to specific commodities and contexts.JEL CLASSIFICATIONQ13; Q18; Q58

PR ; IFPRI3; ISI; CRP2; 3 Building Inclusive and Efficient Markets, Trade Systems, and Food Industry; Capacity Strengthening ; MTID; PIM ; CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

La réduction des pertes et des gaspillages alimentaires peut contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire et à la durabilité. La mesure des pertes et gaspillages alimentaires, l'identification des endroits dans le système alimentaire où ils se produisent et l'élaboration de politiques efficaces le long de la chaîne de valeur sont autant de premières étapes fondamentales pour redresser le problème ; PR ; IFPRI1; B Promoting healthy food systems ; DGO; CKM; MTID