Potential impact of cooling technologies on the fish value chain: Insights from Keep IT Cool?s experience in Kenya
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Abstract: Post-harvest fish losses refer to the decline in quality and quantity of fish after harvest and can result from a multiplicity of factors. Indeed,fish is a delicate commodity,and its quality starts deteriorating immediately after harvest if it is not stored in specified conditions. This decreases the availability of nutritional food and leads to economic losses for actors involved in the value chain (Tesfay and Teferi,2017). Collectively,the phenomenon of post-harvest losses poses an impediment to the achievement. of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1,2 and 12 to end poverty and hunger and ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. In Kenya,post-harvest losses occur at every level of the fish value chain and are known to decrease the quality of food available to consumers,while maintaining small-scale fisherfolk,who account for most of the inland fish landings in Kenya,in persistent poverty (Odoli et al,2019). Key factors for these losses include poor handling practices,hygiene and sanitation,but also failure to reaching markets within the fish?s shelf-life.