@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {5413},
      author = {Arends-Kuenning, Mary and Garcias, Marcos and Kamei, Akito  and Shikida, Pery Francisco Assis and Romani, Gisele Esser},
      title = {Factors associated with harvest and postharvest loss among  soybean farmers in Western Paraná State, Brazil},
      journal = {Food Policy},
      address = {2022-10-06},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {The United Nations included reducing harvest and  postharvest losses as a Sustainable Millennium Development  Goal in 2015, leading to increased research and policymaker  interest in reducing losses to insure food security. This  article analyzes the factors associated with self-reported  harvest loss among soybean farmers in Paraná, Brazil, using  a survey of 243 farmers. The principal–agent problem is the  most important contributor to harvest and postharvest  losses on the farm. Loss is lowered when the combines are  operated at slower speeds and are adjusted properly, but  combine operators have incentives to complete harvesting  jobs and deliver soybean to storage facilities quickly.  Farmers report training of the combine operators as one of  the most important causes of postharvest loss. Empirical  results show that farmers report a 1.5 percentage points  higher harvest loss when they ask a third party to harvest.  Similarly, the farmers’ education level is negatively  associated with harvest loss; farmers with college  completion have 1.6 percentage points less loss compared to  farmers with less than fourth grade. However, larger  planted areas are associated with higher harvest loss. The  paper suggests that who harvests the crop is critical in  reducing harvest loss. Policies and contract designs that  align incentives between farmers and combine operators  might reduce harvest and postharvest loss.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/5413},
}