The problem of food waste is a well-documented but still unresolved issue across the developed world, including in the fast-growing organic food sector. At the same time, two-thirds of the agricultural output come from small-scale producers selling in a fragmented market and with limited resources to secure the best prices. Their unsold produce often goes to waste, also because of inefficient distribution channels and cheaper foreign imports, resulting in many smallholdings needing government subsidies yearly to stay afloat.These twin problems of limited market access and resulting food waste...
Creating sustainable food supply chains for local communities ©Plant on Demand
Plant on Demand will soon deploy product PODX’s “prescriptive” analytics to boost organic farmers’ productivity and prices, by optimizing future crop yields to match seasonal sales trends
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