Ghana’s rising population, coupled with erratic weather patterns and soil nutrient deficiencies, pose a significant challenge to food crop production.

The post-harvest system comprises a range of interconnected activities, from the time of harvest through processing, marketing, preparation, and finally consumption decisions at the consumer level.

Postharvest Loss (PHL) refers to measurable quality and quantity loss of food in the postharvest system.

In this note, we summa-rize new evidence from a recent IFPRI study that documents the relative importance of losses in value chains for staple foods in six countries, review the evidence on which crops are most affected by losses, and outline ways