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How Better Cooling Can Prevent Food Loss
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A recent study by the World Resources Institute – “Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Setting a Global Action Agenda" – offers several cooling-related solutions to food loss in developing countries, including:
Evaporative cooling systems, which enable storage of crops at lower temperatures, without electricity, and at a lower cost.
Aggregation centers for crop farmers that provide adequate storage and preservation options, such as cooling chambers. Mobile packhouses and pre-cooling, which provide a way for farmers to get produce to markets without spoilage and without the need for large capital outlay.
Milk-collection centers with cooling tanks to improve handling and preservation for ranch and animal farmers.
On-farm solar preservation, which can provide energy to farmers that will allow them to adopt practices, such as on-farm cooling, that reduce post-harvest loss.
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