APHLIS (African Postharvest Losses Information System)

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APHLIS (African Postharvest Losses Information
System) www.aphlis.net
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Importance of PHLs
PHLs are a source of food insecurity and we need
to know about them so that -

• Loss reduction interventions are directed at the
  most affected areas (geographically)
• Loss reduction interventions are directed at the
  most affected links in the post harvest chain or
  those that would be most cost effective to
  address
• Cereal supply estimates can be calculated more
  reliably from production estimates (cereal supply
  production PHLs)

• BUT to date PHL corrections have been -
• mostly guesstimates (usually between 1 and 20)
• relatively difficult to trace the logic and info
  sources
• the sources themselves may not be very reliable
• the derivation of the figures is not transparent

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APHLIS - a unique service

• APHLIS generates estimates of postharvest weight
  losses for cereals in East and Southern Africa
  and is
• Based on a network of local experts who submit
• data and verify loss estimates
• Built on a complete survey of the literature on
  PHLs

• APHLIS provides
• Loss estimates for main cereals, by country and
  by province, for different climate zones and farm
  scales
• A display of the data used to derive losses so
  the
• system is fully transparent, and
• The opportunity to add better loss data so that
  loss estimation can improve over time

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APHLIS the System in a nutshell
Download
PHL tables
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Final PHL estimates displayed on maps



















Maize
Sorghum
Wheat
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Visions (Bonn workshop August 2010)

• Keep loss estimates independent and owned by
  countries
• Support development of Community of practice,
  close links with
• PHL reduction projects
• PHL research community
• Add information on qualitative losses
• Take up case studies on specific loss figures and
  for a number of pilot countries. Verify loss
  estimates.
• Include West and Central Africa in the system
• Update loss values regularly

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New project started in January 2012

• IMPROVING QUALITATIVE AND QUANITATIVE POST
  HARVEST LOSSES ESTIMATES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
• The main objectives of the project are to
• improve the quantitative loss estimation of the
  APHLIS system
• 2. extend the system to 17 countries in Western
  and Central Africa
• 3. address qualitative post harvest losses

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Tasks

• 1. Operating the APHLIS information system and
  website
• 2. Complete review of existing information on
  qualitative grain losses
• 3. Development of a manual for improving
  quantitative postharvest losses data collection
  and standardizing assessment methods at country
  level
• 4. Extension and update of the APHLIS
• a) Geographic extension to the whole Sub-Saharan
  Africa, including West and Central Africa
  regions
• b) Updating of the existing system for Eastern
  and Southern Africa.
• 5. National case studies on verification of
  current post harvest losses estimates

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Nairobi Workshop objectives

1. To review the functionalities of the current
   systems and raise awareness in the region
2. To strengthen the existing network and define
   activities and work-plan for network members
3. To present first results and improvements of the
   system since January 2012
4. To involve new partners eg. ICIPE, FAO
   Countrystat, RATIN

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Advisory Board

• An Advisory board has been formed during the
  project kick off meeting in February to
• ensure close coordination with other initiatives
  on post harvest losses estimation and reduction
  2012,
• to provide recommendations and to support the
  technical monitoring.
• Current members
• UN FAO (STATS, GIEWS, AGS), WFP
• FARA
• CILSS
• World Bank
• European Commission DEVCO
• .