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Increasing access to post harvest technologies to women farmers

Findings of a study on opportunities to enhance an initiative to reduce post-harvest food loss in Kenyan mango value chains.

Matthew Osborne, Ylva Ran, Cassilde Muhoza, Marie Jürisoo / Published on 1 February 2017
Citation

SEI and Expedition Mondial (2017). Increasing Access to Post Harvest Technologies to Women Farmers. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture Stockholm Environment Institute and Technology, UN Women, Stockholm Environment Institute and Expedition Mondial.

Service design thinking looks at how best to design a service to meet the needs and expectations of the service users.

A study in two areas of Kenya with high levels of smallholder mango production applied service design thinking to the question of how to improve the provision and uptake of harvest and post-harvest technologies. These technologies are often promoted to reduce losses and improve economic returns in smallholder value chains.

The study used a variety of methods to capture the needs and thoughts of the smallholders and other stakeholders, as well as the system within which they operate.

The findings highlight the importance of taking the user and system perspective into account in designing such interventions.

SEI authors

Ylva Ran
Ylva Ran

Research Fellow

SEI Headquarters

Cassilde Muhoza

Research Fellow

SEI Africa

Marie Jürisoo
Marie Jürisoo

Deputy Director and Operations Director

Global Operations

SEI Headquarters

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