Post-harvest losses of crops and its determinants in Ethiopia: tobit model analysis

Abstract Background Reduction of post-harvest loses crops are crucial tasks in ensuring food and nutrition security. However, a lack knowledge on the extent losses its associated impeding factors posing major challenges to effectiveness grain loss management strategy scale up for all other crop types Ethiopia. The study estimates magnitude identifies determinants. Methodology A national-level agriculture survey data were obtained from Central Statistical Agency Data analyzed using descriptive statistics Tobit model analysis techniques. Results shows 25.81% perceived annual average with considerable variation across types. main households larger adult family size, higher levels education attendance, wealth status, large landholding size damage stored by insect pests infestation and/or rodent feeding due utilization traditional storage equipments, access extension support services, cooperative marketing membership, being far away both weathered roads near local market centers transaction costs information, contamination, mechanical injuries. Conclusion Minimization could be achieved through holistic approach providing short long-term training practices, promoting use technologies, paying special attention institutional systems (agriculture rural credit services), strengthening handling reinforcing existing farmer marketing, improvements road networking infrastructures areas should undertaken government collaboration non-government organizations.