Table 3 Production potential, price cost of the produce and post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables in Atsebiwonberta district with respective to each Keble’s.
Type of fruits and vegetables | Kebeles | Current price cost (Birr/kg) | Causes of losses | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Types of fruits | Types of vegetables | R/feleg | F/woni | Golgolnaele | Hayelom | ||||||
Yld/ha (Qt) | Lss/y (Qt) | Yld/ha (Qt) | Lss/y (Qt) | Yld/ha (Qt) | Lss/y (Qt) | Yld/ha (Qt) | Lss/y (Qt) | ||||
No of producers | 35 | 15 | 16 | 49 | |||||||
Apple | 7 | 2 | – | – | 130 | – | 4.5 | 0.2 | 25–40 | Due to lack of well-defined storage rooms, lack of awareness in the producers and communities, lack of market demand | |
Banana | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.25 | – | 12–14 | ||
Guava | 4 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | 1–10.8 | 0.9 | 10 | ||
Orange | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0.2 | 18–25 | ||
No of producers | 136 | 70 | 14 | 493 | |||||||
Potato | 300–400 | 5–35 | 250–400 | 12 | 400 | – | – | 5–8 | Due to their nature of perishability, lack of PHM, mechanical damage, lack of quality seed supply, improper irrigation, market problem and diseases infection due to mechanical and physical damage of the produce, poor transportation techniques | ||
Tomato | 280 | 0.125 | 3.5–7 | 1 | 200 | 350 | 12.38 | 10–18 | |||
Cabbage | 120 | 0.25 | 25 | 5 | 300 | 300–400 | 2 | 7–8 | |||
Swiss chard | 130 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.25 | 150 | 220 | 0.25 | 3–5 | |||
Lettuce | 130 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.25 | 150 | 120 | 1 | 2–4 | |||
Spinach | 110 | 0.25 | 3 | 0.3 | 1–3 | 140 | – | 3–4 | |||
Chili | 140–180 | 0.5 | – | – | 1–2 | 240 | 0.125 | 8–15 | |||
Onion | 250 | – | 4–5 | – | 250 | 480 | – | 10–12 | |||
Carrot | 0.5–2.0 | – | 0.5 | – | 200 | – | – | 5–6 | |||
Sugar beet | – | – | – | – | 180 | – | – | 5–6 | |||
Garlic | 230–240 | – | 1 | – | 200 | 520 | – | 32–35 | |||