Problem
Inadequate food storage facilities
Other Names:
Makeshift crop storageInsufficient feed storage
Nature:
Foods may become spoilt as a result of lack of adequate storage, preservation or packaging. This leads to abnormal flavour, colour, odour, or consistency, although these may not necessarily be harmful. Inadequate food storage facilities in particular cause a great deal – in many areas upwards of 20% – of food produced to be lost due to rodents, other pests and general deterioration before it reaches the consumer. Better storage offers one of the quickest ways to increase food supply. At the national level, field experience indicates that much could be done to improve home and village level capacity for food storage and protection.
Broader Problems:
Inadequate storage facilitiesInadequate agricultural facilities Related Problems:
Inadequate packaging of food products Strategies:
Reviewing food processing industryReducing post-harvest damageAccumulating global food stocks Values:
InadequacyInsufficiencyMakeshift Subject(s):
Agriculture, Fisheries → Animal feedstuffsAgriculture, Fisheries → Crops
Amenities → Food
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Transportation, Telecommunications → Storage
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
08.08.2019 – 17:25 CEST