Research and Technologies to Reduce Grain Postharvest Losses: A Review

Reducing postharvest losses offers a significant opportunity to enhance food availability without requiring extra production resources. A substantial portion of cereal grain goes to waste annually due to a lack of science-based knowledge, unconscious handling practices, suboptimal technical efficiency, and inadequate infrastructure. This article extensively reviews losses occur- ring during postharvest operations across various crops, examining diverse postharvest operations in different...